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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Credit: Mohammed Younos/Shutterstock.

Jewish leaders visit Saudi Arabia to assess openness towards Israel, form budding networks

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Earlier this month, it was revealed that a group of 15 Republican Jewish leaders from the United States paid a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in June to try to advance the...
A delegation that toured California to promote the Abraham Accords meets with Oracle CEO Safra Catz (fifth from left) on Nov. 8, 2021. Credit: Courtesy of Sharaka.

‘People-to-people’ relationships are centerpiece of Abraham Accords’ progress, advocates say

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The Abraham Accords garnered headlines in 2020 as landmark normalization deals between the governments of Israel and Arab states. But more than a year later, advocates of the agreements are emphasizing their impact on...
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European Commission’s first coordinator on combating anti-Semitism to receive CER Moshe Rosen Prize

The Conference of European Rabbis (CER) will present one of its highest awards to Katharina Von Schnurbein, the first European Commission Co-ordinator on Combatting Antisemitism at a ceremony held in Munich, Germany, later this month. The 2021...
US ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks at the Jewish federation's annual General Assembly in Tel Aviv, on October 24, 2018. Credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90

Friedman: ‘I believe the US will respect Israel if Israel respects itself’

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It’s been almost a year since U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman completed his service. In an interview with JNS, Friedman—who recently joined former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s new investment fund, Liberty Strategic, as its...
A showroom at the Israel Diamond Center. Credit: IDC.

Israel’s diamond industry to make first appearance at Bahrain jewelry expo

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One of the Gulf region’s most prestigious diamond and jewelry shows, Jewellery Arabia, is being held this year from Nov. 16-20 in Bahrain, and for the first time, Israel’s diamond industry will be represented. Israel Diamond...
Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. Credit: U.S. Department of State via Wikipedia.

Qatar official rules out normalization with Israel because of ‘occupation’

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Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said on Wednesday that the country has no plans to normalize relations with Israel and that the Abraham Accords agreements between Israel and Arab countries are...
The trilateral summit at the U.S. State Department with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and Foreign Minister of Israel Yair Lapid, Oct. 13, 2021. Credit: Shlomi Amsalem/GPO.

At trilateral summit, Lapid places focus on finding alternative plan on Iran, hints at...

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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid took part in a historic trilateral meeting with fellow Abraham Accords members on Wednesday, discussing a range of issues with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and United Arab...
A conference in Erbil, Iraq, hosted by the Center for Peace Communications, September 2021. Source: Screenshot.

The story behind Iraq’s first pro-Israel conference

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It was as remarkable as it was unexpected. More than 300 Iraqis, both Sunnis and Shi’ites, gathered at a conference in a hotel ballroom on Sept. 24 in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Erbil...
Jared Kushner, who served as senior adviser to his father-in-law, former U.S. President Donald Trump, and was a key negotiator in helping to make the accords a reality, and his wife, Ivanka Trump, with Israeli politicians in the Knesset as part of the newly formed Abraham Accords Caucus in the Knesset on Oct. 11, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli Knesset launches Abraham Accords Caucus on anniversary of normalization agreements

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Several hundred dignitaries and guests, including Israeli government ministers, Knesset members, foreign ambassadors and mayors gathered in the Knesset auditorium on Monday afternoon for the launch of the Knesset’s “Abraham Accords Caucus,” whose mission...
From left: UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani at the signing of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020, Credit: White House/Joyce N. Boghosian.

Friedman’s ‘The Abraham Accords’ comes to life, and the big screen, at gala Jerusalem...

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Just over one year after being signed at the White House, the historic Abraham Accords came to life at a star-studded gala event in Jerusalem on Monday. The event featured the premiere of an upcoming...