Israeli Foreign Policy
“Following the liberation of the occupied territories, in which Israel played a central role, Israeli figures are very interested in investing in those territories,” says Aryeh Gut, executive director of the Azerbaijan House in Israel.
Following the exodus of Jews from Morocco, their institutions closed and anti-Jewish propaganda increased. Today, the Jewish population there stands at a paltry 2,000 compared to 1 million Moroccan Jews in Israel who will now get the chance to build communal bridges.
The agreement follows a memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries in December.
The deal includes the provision of Trophy active protection systems for a company of tanks, interceptors, spare parts and training.
“This is an important day, marking our continued cooperation,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells Egyptian Petroleum Minister Tarek el-Molla.
By the instruction of King Mohammed VI, the curriculum will “include the State of Israel, and the history and heritage of Jews in Morocco.”
The move is a reversal of U.S. relations under the Trump administration, which had maintained steady contact with Mohammed bin Salman, also known as “MBS.”
Tehran has set its sights on the Gulf state due to its rapprochement with Israel and efforts to hinder Iran’s nuclear program.
Written in 1920 and addressed to influential Jewish author N.E.B. Ezra, the letter was rediscovered during a review of the National Library of Israel’s archives.
The Greek prime minister also offered to participate in the clinical trials for EXO-CD24, an anti-coronavirus drug being developed by a team at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
The head of the research project at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, where the new drug is being developed, tells the Israeli prime minister that EXO-CD24 could be produced quickly and efficiently.
He allegedly was part of an incident in 2012 where several staffers at the center’s ThinkProgress website were condemned for using anti-Semitic tropes of Jews dominating politics and money.
