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The steering committee of the Negev Forum meets in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 9, 2023. Credit: UAE Foreign Ministry.

Morocco cancels plans to host Negev Forum

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The Moroccan government has canceled plans to host the Negev Forum next month over recent Israeli announcements regarding the expansion of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. U.S. and Israeli officials confirmed Rabat’s decision to...
Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi addresses the Israel Hellenic Forum in Nicosia, Cyprus, June 20, 2023. Credit: Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs.

‘Washington thinks Israel-Saudi normalization possible’

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The United States believes that a landmark diplomatic deal normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia is achievable, Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said on Tuesday. The remarks come as the Biden administration has...
Knesset member Danny Danon addresses the Parliamentary Conference on Interfaith Dialogue in Marrakesh, June 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

Iranian delegation walks out of Danon address in Morocco

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Knesset member Danny Danon, speaking in Morocco this week, called on parliaments worldwide to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. The former ambassador to the U.N. spoke at the Parliamentary Conference on...
The results the vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a bill to create a special envoy for the Abraham Accords, June 13, 2023. Credit: C-SPAN screen capture.

Abraham Accords special envoy bill passes US House

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Reflecting the broad, bipartisan nature of political support for the Abraham Accords, the Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords Act passed in the House of Representatives with a vote of 413-13. It now heads to the...
Israeli Ambassador to Bahrain Eitan Na'eh (left) and Bahrain's Minister of Industry and Commerce Abdulla bin Adel Fakhro at a gala event in Manama marking Israel's 75th anniversary, on May 31, 2023. Credit: Israeli Embassy in Bahrain.

Israel and Bahrain set to reach free-trade pact

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Israel and Bahrain will soon sign a free-trade agreement, and the island kingdom can serve as a gateway to widening ties with Arab countries in the Gulf, the Jewish state’s envoy to Manama said...
Naomi entreating Ruth and Orpah to return to the land of Moab, 1795. Credit: Drawing/painting by William Blake. United Kingdom, via Wikimedia Commons (scanned by H. Churchyard).

Central Shavuot text ‘all about kindness,’ says rabbi who published Arabic book of Ruth

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This Shavuot, those interested can follow along during the reading of the book of Ruth and take in quotes like “Your people are my people, and your God is my God” in Arabic. That’s...
The flags of the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain are screened on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, on September 15, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israeli, Bahraini FMs agree to enhance Abraham Accords

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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen spoke on Sunday with his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. The two top diplomats discussed regional developments, as well as ways to strengthen bilateral relations and enhance and...
Dan Shapiro. Source: Twitter.

Blinken considers new envoy to bolster Abraham Accords

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The Biden administration says it plans to expand the 2020  Abraham Accords begun under former President Donald Trump and is determining an appointee to work towards increasing Israeli ties with Arab and Muslim-majority countries. Dan Shapiro, who...
Carsten Ovens, executive director of ELNET Germany, speaks at the ELNET International Policy Conference in Paris, May 2023. Courtesy: ELNET.

Survey: Europe wants more cooperation with Israel

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A survey of 381 members of European parliaments found that an overwhelming majority (66%) consider their country’s relations with Israel as rather good or very good. Three-quarters (77%) call for greater cooperation with Israel. The survey,...
Youssef Elazhari, director of the Morocco branch of the nonprofit Sharaka, meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Credit: Courtesy.

Youssef Elazhari, who once relied on Al Jazeera reporting, now gets his facts from...

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Growing up in Marrakesh in the Kingdom of Morocco, Youssef Elazhari had positive views of Jews but not of Israel. There hadn’t been many Jews around in Morocco since the community immigrated after 1948 with...