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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, June 7, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Blinken: Israel-Saudi deal ‘cannot be a substitute’ for two-state solution

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia could not come at the expense of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Speaking on the...
Sen. Lindsey Graham, joined by then-President Donald Trump, welcomes the national champion Clemson University Tigers football team to the White House, Jan. 14, 2019. Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian/The White House.

GOP leaders push Trump to back Biden’s Saudi deal

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) recently urged former President Donald Trump to back the efforts of the Biden administration to negotiate an Israel-Saudi normalization agreement, saying it would transcend partisan politics. “I told President Trump this...
Narendra Modi (with outstretched arms), Indian prime minister, announces a new economic corridor connecting India, the Middle East and Europe as U.S. President Joe Biden (hand to his chin) at the G20 meeting in New Delhi on Sept. 9, 2023. Credit: PBS NewsHour/YouTube screen capture.

Washington, Jerusalem divided on latter’s role in new ‘economic corridor’

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The Biden administration announced what it called a “landmark” economic corridor between India, the Middle East and Europe at the G20 summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9. The corridor will “stimulate economic development through...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo by Mohammed Younos/Shutterstock.

Israeli officials make first public appearance in Riyadh

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An Israeli delegation attended a meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Riyadh on Monday, marking the first public appearance by Israeli officials in Saudi Arabia. "We are happy to be...
The 2023 Abraham Accords Anniversary Delegation meets with Edward Mermelstein, New York City's commissioner for international affairs, at NYC City Hal on Sept. 7, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

Getting down to business: The Abraham Accords Anniversary Delegation

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The hope of the Abraham Accords was that its biggest impact would be felt on a people-to-people level. As the third anniversary of the signing of the original pact approaches, a delegation of young...
Acting U.S. Ambassador Stephanie Hallett, Bahraini Ambassador Khaled Yousif al-Jalahma and Start-Up Nation Central CEO Avi Hasson at the Start-Up Nation Central offices in Tel Aviv, Sept. 7, 2023. Photo by Yam Lavi.

US diplomat: Normalization with Israel a clear Saudi interest

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A peace deal with Israel is a clear Saudi interest and will likely lead to further accords with additional Muslim countries, the acting American ambassador to Israel said Thursday. The remarks by Stephanie Hallett, the...
U.S. President Donald Trump, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyani sign the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. Credit: White House/Tia Dufour.

Kushner urges Trump to support Saudi-Israel deal

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Jared Kushner is urging Donald Trump to support the Biden administration's push for Saudi-Israel normalization to cement the former president's Middle East legacy, Axios reports. Kushner, who served as senior White House adviser to his father-in-law, Trump, was a...
The Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel on July 3, 2022. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Moroccan parliamentary leader postpones Knesset visit

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Enaam Mayara, the president of Morocco’s House of Councillors, has postponed his scheduled visit to Israel's Knesset on Thursday due to an emergency health issue, Arab media reported on Wednesday. The parliamentarian canceled the highly anticipated...

Cohen inaugurates Israeli embassy during diplomatic trip to Bahrain

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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen inaugurated the permanent home of the Israeli embassy in Manama on Monday as part of his first official visit to Bahrain, which normalized ties with Jerusalem in 2020 under...

The Abraham Accords, three years on

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Almost three years have elapsed since the signing of the Abraham Accords on the White House lawn. Everything appeared to be progressing smoothly until last month, when a planned visit of Israeli Foreign Minister...