Middle East
“COVID held a mirror up to the Arab rulers and showed them that no one is immune to the pandemic, so if they wanted to maintain their regimes’ stability, they needed to address the pandemic and find ways to deal with it,” says Middle East scholar Michael Barak.
Incoming U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has been briefed on the Abraham Accords and other Middle Eastern plans and policies.
David Friedman thanked the Knesset committee, saying his time in Jerusalem “flew by like a flash”—a testament “to how exciting, riveting and enjoyable the job was.”
“This is a historic day for Samaria and the entire State of Israel,” says Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan.
Foreign-policy professionals seemed to view the breakthrough, which was brokered by the United States and Kuwait, with a natural skepticism, as the country has long been a regional maverick.
It became the third of four countries to normalize ties with the Jewish state, following the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and preceding Morocco, which has yet to sign the accords.
Shlomo Madmoni was murdered in 1939 on his way to save a Torah scroll • Israeli Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis: “This is a historic day in a historic place.”
The aim is apparently to form a united front against the Iranian threat.
The flight by two Air Force B-52s was a response to intelligence that Iran may be planning to carry out attacks against U.S. allies in the region in the coming days.
A new joint project focuses on people-to-people encounters with activists and professionals representing academia, art, literature, politics, education, activism and the hospitality industry.
According to a survey by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, two-thirds of respondents are demanding the resignation of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, with talk of possible successors just waiting for him to leave.
Defense Security Cooperation Agency also approves a $4 billion deal with Kuwait for the purchase and remanufacture of attack helicopters.
