Qatar
Since Jerusalem and Doha have no diplomatic ties, the journey will include a “diplomatic layover” in Cyprus.
Mohsen Rezai, Tehran’s VP for economic affairs, led the Revolutionary Guard Corps at the time of the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires.
UN Watch documented Hend al-Muftah’s numerous anti-Semitic remarks, including a Twitter post in which she wrote, “The Jews focused their investments in industry and the media, and that is why they dominated, tyrannized and ruled the world.”
15,000 Israelis have tickets to the world’s biggest soccer event.
The watchdog groups says Hend al-Muftah wrote that “Jews are our enemies” and promoted anti-Israel conspiracy theories.
The office’s mission is to provide consular support to tens of thousands of Israelis who are anticipated to attend World Cup games between Nov. 20 and Dec. 18.
Israelis looking for their country were originally given the sole option of “Palestinian Territories, Occupied” rather than “Israel.”
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani and U.S. special envoy for Iran Robert Malley are negotiating from separate rooms in a Doha hotel.
The Gulf state has been seen as an unlikely diplomatic partner for Israel, but is opening its borders to ticket-holders for soccer matches.
“The relationship between Qatar and the United States is bizarre, and makes no strategic sense,” said Yigal Carmon, founder and president of the Middle East Media Research Institute.
“Kan 11” TV news report says the plane took off from Ben-Gurion Airport and made a stopover in Amman, Jordan.
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said he does not envision the country joining the Abraham Accords “in the absence of a real commitment to a two-state solution” between Israel and the Palestinians.
