Israeli Foreign Policy
After the United States, China is Israel’s second-largest trading partner with $11.9 billion in bilateral trade annually.
It came after a report that U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been pushing to end participation in the 13-country peacekeeping force, which seeks to implement the 1979 Israel-Egypt peace treaty.
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.
The incident, which was broadcast by U.K.-based “Al-Araby Al-Jadeed,” came in response to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Israel and the Trump administration’s peace plan.
Israeli Foreign Ministry confirms the death of Du Wei, 58, who served as China’s ambassador to Ukraine before being assigned to Israel.
Additionally, rules regarding family reunification for Jewish spouses and parents will be eased.
Its oil exports dropped to a record low, averaging just 70,000 barrels per day in April compared to 287,000 in March.
Discussing cooperation on the coronavirus front, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said “we’ll certainly talk about the challenges the globe faces with COVID, Israeli technology, Israeli medical expertise—all the things that you and I and our teams can work on together.”
The firm that wins the tender would operate it for 25 years.
“I am excited for the privilege to fight on behalf of the righteousness of our path in the international arena, and to defend Israel in light of the challenges ahead,” said Israeli Minister Gilad Erdan.
E.U. foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is reportedly pushing to penalize Jerusalem if it moves ahead with plans to apply Israeli law to parts of Judea and Samaria.
In a special interview, U.S. envoy David Friedman dismisses the left’s criticism of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria and reassures the right it will only have to contend with a Palestinian state “if the Palestinians become Canadians.”
