Diplomacy

Following the passage of five resolutions by the United Nations Human Rights Council condemning Israel, both the United States and United Kingdom lashed out at the council for its anti-Israel bias, The Jewish Chronicle reported Friday. While the UK did not vote against all of the resolutions, it voted against...

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On a state visit to Israel, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev became the first world leader to visit Israel’s national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) in Beersheba, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Radev and other Bulgarian officials and businessmen discussed cooperation in the area of cybersecurity with their Israeli counterparts....

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For the first time ever a commercial flight headed to Israel passed over Saudi Arabian airspace, as Air India’s inaugural New Delhi-Tel Aviv flight was tracked over the Gulf Kingdom, Reuters reported Thursday. While Saudi Arabia does not recognize Israel and the two nations have no formal diplomatic relations, the...

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The United States responded to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas calling U.S. Ambassador to Israel a “son of a dog,” and told the Palestinian leader that his people would be better-served if he worked on “improving the lives of the Palestinian people and advancing the cause of peace,” The Times of Israel...

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Two news events this week underscored that the biggest impediment to Israeli-Palestinian peace is the inability or the refusal of the Palestinian Authority to govern effectively. In the first case, a convoy carrying PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah through Gaza was struck by an explosion damaging three cars and reportedly injuring...

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If President Donald Trump follows through on his intent to either fix the weaknesses in the nuclear deal or withdraw from the accord, it would mean that “Mr. Trump will be better positioned to make it clear to Pyongyang that he means business,” two sanctions experts wrote in an op-ed published...

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