Africa
Enaam Mayara, head of the Moroccan senate, will be the first Moroccan leader to make an official state visit to the Knesset.
Netanyahu convenes a special ministerial team to consider the state’s next moves after a protest by Eritrean asylum seekers turned violent, leaving 49 police officers wounded.
Jalel Harchaoui of the Royal United Services Institute said, “Now the issue of normalization will be radioactive at least for the next few years.”
Israeli FM Eli Cohen reiterated that his ministry did not leak last week’s meeting with his Libyan counterpart.
The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem denied leaking the diplomatic encounter to the press.
The North African nation’s PM discussed the possibility of normalization back in January.
Israeli officials established contact with Libya’s unity government several months ago.
The legation is set to be the seventh in the Israeli capital.
Sustainability and de-desertification the order of the day.
The Prime Minister’s Office organized the rescue flights in collaboration with the Jewish Agency for Israel.
An emergency meeting of the National Security Council was held to examine options for rescuing about 70 Israelis trapped in Gondar.
The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem has tried to get his conditions of detention improved.
