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Sec.-Gen. of Chad’s ruling Party Mahamat Zene Bada defends President Déby’s “courageous” visit to Israel: “We can benefit from learning from Israel; it is a normal thing to do.”
The government approves a special auxiliary budget to boost civilian resilience in Israeli communities near the volatile border, after riots and arson have taken a toll.
The Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy is now partnering with the Jordan Valley Regional Council on a new project to combat BDS that includes participation in international conferences at which products, such as dates and wine from the Judea and Samaria, are distributed to participants, along with information on industrial development in the valley.
A source briefed on the meeting said “the Israelis and Sudanese discussed the warming of relations between the countries and possible Israeli aid to Sudan in the fields of medicine, agriculture and the economy.”
“We discussed the great changes that are taking place in the Arab world in its relations with Israel,” said the Israeli prime minister.
Fighting BDS, Israelis and Palestinians demonstrate living and working together in Jordan Valley
Some 25,000 workers—18,000 of whom are Palestinians—are employed in joint economic areas located within Judea and Samaria, according to data from Israel’s Civil Administration.
It launches its second installment of seed investment money in support of technologies developed at the University of Haifa, starting with the underwater-vision startup SEAERRA.
Israelis across the political spectrum expressed their sorrow and condolences to the family of a Druze special-forces soldier killed in a firefight with Hamas operatives in Gaza on Sunday night, which broke out when intelligence forces were discovered and attacked.
“I bow my head in sadness at the loss of Lt. Col. M., a glorious fighter who fell during an IDF operation in the Gaza Strip,” Netanyahu wrote on Twitter. “The day will come when we can tell of all his valor. The citizens of Israel owe him an enormous debt.”
Since March, Israel has tightened control of its side of the Gaza border, due to violent riots involving tens of thousands of Gazans on a weekly, and sometimes, daily basis since March 30.
In addition to joint economic and social-development matters, Israel sees Oman as an ally to combat the Iranian regional threat.
Despite the election of certain pro-BDS candidates, the heads of committees significant for furthering policy related to the Mideast and Israel are mainstream Democrats: New York’s Eliot Engel for Foreign Affairs, and Nita Lowey, also from New York, for Appropriations.