Africa
“We are happy to share knowledge with medical entities around the world for the sake of saving human lives,” says Magen David Adom director general Eli Bin.
The rescue, spearheaded by Likud Knesset member Nir Barkat, involved intense efforts by Israel’s National Security Council and the use of a Boeing 767 belonging to billionaire philanthropists Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson.
An earlier flight from St. Petersburg with 26 Russian Jews marked the 30th anniversary of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem’s sponsorship of aliyah from the former Soviet Union.
“We beg and pray for your understanding, compassion [and] Divine mercy ... on your people Israel, on all of your children [and] on all of humanity,” said Chabad Rabbi Yossy Goldman.
The £1 million ($1.1 million) grant named after Labour Party Member of Parliament Jo Cox, who was killed in June 2016 by a far-right activist, has been awarded to its challenge fund, UK Aid Direct.
Sudan’s leadership said it would hand over longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face war crimes charges for fighting in the western Darfur.
The Trump peace plan is to be followed by a non-aggression agreement between Israel, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Egypt and Jordan, and possibly also Morocco.
Israel is dedicated to “full integration” of Ethiopian Israeli community, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu • Attorney general opposes move, arguing it can be seen as election ploy.
“Tunisia’s ambassador to the United Nations has been dismissed for purely professional reasons concerning his weak performance and lack of coordination with the ministry on important matters under discussion at the U.N.,” said the foreign ministry in a statement.
An agreement “in principle” to allow flights to Israel to cross Sudan’s airspace comes days after a meeting in Uganda between Sudan’s transitional leader and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Sudan, in particular, wants to be removed as a state sponsor of terror, end its isolation and rebuild its economy.
After Ramallah blasts Khartoum for “stabbing Palestinians in the back,” Sudan’s transitional leader, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, says nothing has changed in his country’s stance on the Palestinian issue.
