Middle East
It is unclear if this will affect budding relations between Israel and Sudan as part of normalization associated with the Abraham Accords.
Israeli jeweler Avi Tavisal, who was invited to create a collection for the historic show, produces the AlSakhra line, inspired by Muhammad’s famous “Night Journey,” the Dome of the Rock and the Abraham Accords.
“The core of the problem is political; as long as the peace process is not addressed, you cannot just count on economic normalization,” said its foreign minister.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed Iran, setting low expectations on whether there will be concrete action re-entering the JCPOA, with many expecting a new round of negotiations • UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan plans to visit Israel.
If the conference surprised many, the reaction to it did not—arrest warrants, death threats and wanted posters targeting participants. Still, it brought together more than 300 Iraqis, both Sunnis and Shi’ites, interested in forging ties with the Jewish state.
“Our goal as representatives is to ensure that peace will endure not only among our governments but among our people,” said Knesset Speaker Michael Levy.
“They are not a Republican ideal or Democratic ideal. They are an American ideal. The full spectrum of the Israeli government was represented. The full spectrum of the Israeli people was represented,” said former special envoy Aryeh Lightstone.
“We are on the cusp of ending the Israeli-Arab conflict and changing the region for the next 100 years,” says former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the launch of his new documentary series on the historic agreements.
“The atmosphere was euphoric as we sat around the chuppah, which symbolizes the new home being built by the couple,” said president of the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities Ebrahim Dawood Nonoo.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz: “Reality has proven to us that there is no replacement for scouts, for knowing the field, for the experience of generations.”
They met with government officials and visited holy sites in Jerusalem before seeing other cultural, religious and historic places throughout Israel during their whirlwind tour.
KKL-JNF announces the development of a brand-new Global Center for Combating the Climate Crisis.
