Gabi Ashkenazi
As of now, there is no time frame as to when that would happen.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi thanks his counterpart for the Latin American country’s “important decision.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi: “Our signatures side by side in the Book of Remembrance is like a shared cry and oath: to remember and not to forget, and to promise never again.”
“I think that’s an opening” for Arab states to allow themselves to establish official ties with Israel, says Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi in Berlin, with German counterpart Heiko Maas at his side.
A larger Israeli delegation is said to have been delayed due to disputes over its composition, with the Israeli Foreign Ministry looking for a greater role.
Nevertheless, a U.S. official said, “There are very robust conversations with Israel on the Trump plan.”
The State of Israel has a duty to “pursue peace,” and Egypt and Jordan “are the most important allies in dealing with regional challenges,” says Israel’s incoming Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi.
Regarding how a Joe Biden administration might react to West Bank annexation, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said “it’s hard to exactly prejudge the circumstances on the ground as of January of next year, and we only have one president at a time.”
Collectively, they have vast experience in dealing with Israel’s array of security challenges, which raises the question of how their past is shaping their current political outlooks, particularly regarding the Palestinian question and other key issues.
Gabi Ashkenazi tells activists demonstrating outside his home that he agrees that the center-left must unite and will make a decision about entering politics in a few days.