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A view of Khartoum, Sudan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

At ceremony in Khartoum, Sudan officially signs on to Abraham Accords

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Sudan officially joined the Abraham Accords on Wednesday, paving the way for Khartoum’s normalization of ties with Israel. It became the third of four countries to agree to normalize ties with the Jewish state, following...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani hold up the Abraham Accords, during the signing ceremony at the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

An Abrahamic family reunion

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Of all the efforts that U.S. President Donald Trump made on behalf of the Jewish people, the most meaningful and lasting may be the orchestration of peace agreements between Israel and its Arab neighbors....
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas addresses the U.N. Security Council concerning details of the Mideast peace plan put forth by the United States on Feb. 11, 2020. Credit: Eskinder Debebe/U.N. Photo.

Can the Palestinians adjust to changing times?

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They’ll always have the United Nations. Even as the rest of the world abandons their cause, the Palestinians can still count on the world body to be their faithful ally in their century-old struggle...
Israel’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat and senior adviser to the U.S. president Jared Kushner with Moroccan King Mohammed VI at the royal palace in Rabat. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

US-Israeli delegation makes history in Morocco, signs diplomatic and economic deals

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A joint Israeli-American delegation met with senior officials in Morocco on Tuesday, including King Mohammed VI, as part of a move to normalize relations between Israel and Morocco. Israel’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat and...
A skyline view of Jakarta, Indonesia. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/yohanes budiyanto.

Indonesia could get billions in additional US financing if it normalizes ties with Israel

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Indonesia could get billions in additional U.S. financing if it normalizes ties with Israel, according to a U.S. official. Adam Boehler, CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), told Bloomberg on Monday that the government agency,...
Israel's Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef affixes a mezuzah to a doorpost of the newly built Jewish school in the United Arab Emirates while on his first trip to an Arab country, as Chabad Rabbi Levi Duchman of the UAE looks on, December 2020. Credit: Courtesy of the Dubai Jewish Community Center.

On UAE visit, Israel’s chief rabbi certifies new Jewish school, inspects kosher food

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During a visit this weekend to the United Arab Emirates’ Jewish community, Israel’s Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef inaugurated the first certified Jewish school in the Gulf states and invested Rabbi Levi Duchman as rabbi of the Emirati...
Left: Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. Right: President-elect Joe Biden. Source: U.S. State Department/Joe Biden via Facebook.

The Saudi dilemma

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The peace deal with Morocco is the fourth accord between Israel and an Arab state to sideline the Palestinian issue. While the leaders of Abu Dhabi, Manama and Khartoum had all pledged their continued...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan and Moroccan Ambassador to the United Nations Omar Hilale. Credit: Ido Siman-Tov.

Morocco, Israel mark end of Hanukkah in joint UN event

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For the first time, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan hosted his counterparts—the ambassadors of Morocco, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain—in a public event on Thursday evening to mark the final night...
Moroccan Jewish immigrants landing at the Haifa port in 1954. Photo by Fritz Cohen/GPO.

What Israel and Morocco will gain from re-establishing ties

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The Dec. 10 announcement of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel marked the fourth time in the past four months that a Muslim-majority nation officially “friended” Israel. But this was different from September’s historic...
U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint press conference in Jerusalem on Dec. 13, 2020. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu, US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien meet in Jerusalem

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Sunday in Jerusalem with U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, who was in the city for a series of meetings with Israeli officials to discuss regional and...