Agriculture
He is expected to become president of Arizona State University’s McCain Institute for International Leadership.
Israeli ministers, MKs quarantined for possible COVID-19 exposure
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, Agriculture Minister Tzachi Hanegbi and two other Knesset members are quarantined for 14 days after meeting with Merhavim Regional Council leader Shai Hajaj, who tested positive.
While coordination is required to ensure supply continuity and food security should the outbreak worsen, shortages in locally produced foods are unlikely, says Israeli Agriculture Minister Tzachi Hanegbi.
His comments and absence reverberated throughout the event, with speakers ranging from U.S. Vice President Mike Pence to House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to former New York City mayor and current Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg referencing it.
Though schools remained closed, security officials authorized the return to roads, trains and offices following a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Following recent rocket fire, Israel cannot tolerate “the rules of the game” that PIJ is trying to impose on it, and the objective of reaching a long-term “understanding” with the main terrorist group, Hamas, is looking increasingly distant.
Israel ends Palestinian agricultural import ban, as PA removes Israeli calf ban
P.A. confirms it has reached “understandings through international mediation” with Israel to end the “trade war” between the two sides.
Recent weeks have seen an uptick in “terror balloon” attacks even as Hamas had agreed to halt all violence as part of a ceasefire deal.
“The Belgians cannot expect us to stay quiet when they are taking advantage of being temporary presidents of the [U.N. Security Council] to hurt Israel,” said Anna Azari, head of the European Section of the Foreign Ministry.
A new NGO Monitor report identifies eight European-funded NGOs with ties to the PFLP, designated a terrorist group by the United States, European Union, Canada, Israel and others.
It banned the import of vegetables, fruits, soft drinks and water from Israel into the Palestinian territories.
“If a friend says, ‘I want your embassy here, rather than there,’ I don’t see why it wouldn’t be,” said Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni.