Abraham Accords
“A Wall Street Journal” report also notes Riyadh wants Washington to help build out its civilian nuclear program; both demands are viewed as “daunting obstacles” in political circles.
It will be the first Israeli legislative deputation to the Gulf state since the signing of the Abraham Accords.
Doves—Women Making Peace plans to hold a Mideast peace conference in Tel Aviv.
Muscat announced the move in February following months of talks between the Israeli Foreign Ministry and authorities in Oman.
They include Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country in the world.
While some are hailing the sultanate’s opening of its airspace to Israeli flights as a harbinger of normalization, others believe that it has more to do with appeasing the U.S.
“This is a day of great news for Israeli aviation. Israel has, in effect, become the main transit point between Asia and Europe,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“The longer you wait, the harder that becomes. We’ve waited very long,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Over 30 blue-and-white defense firms are participating.
Such a peace would bring the “effective end of the Israeli-Arab conflict,” said the prime minister.
The AG’s “gag order” limits what he can say on the judicial reform plan, the prime minister tells the National Leadership Mission of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.