Middle East
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are to head the 1,000-strong delegation to the UAE.
Israel’s police chief has ordered an examination into the violence that has swept across the European country following the police killing of a teenager of Algerian descent.
The outpost was set up in early April north of the border fence but on the Israeli side of the U.N.-marked Blue Line.
Jerusalem is focusing on diplomatic activity to end the crisis.
The former U.S. ambassador to Israel was tapped, as the person who holds that portfolio was nominated to be ambassador to Jordan.
The Israeli prime minister is scheduled to pay his first visit to China in six years this coming fall.
Israel’s national security adviser has told JNS that Washington still believes that a landmark deal is achievable.
Salafi jihadist organizations like ISIS and Al Qaeda haven’t vanished, terrorism experts warn, and continue to try and recruit within Israel itself.
The relationship is “critical to regional security and stability,” the Israeli defense minister said.
“Although they lived in exile at times, the Holy Land remains central to Jewish identity,” according to the video.
The “extensive and precedent-setting” effort confiscated millions of dollars earmarked for terrorism.
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is trying to arrange a meeting with his Gulf counterpart.