Day: July 11, 2021

Lapid meets top EU diplomat in Brussels as Israel looks to improve ties

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Israel’s foreign minister is slated to address the 26 EU foreign ministers who make up the Foreign Affairs Council on Monday By Amy Spiro 12 July 2021, 12:45 am Edit Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with Josep Borrell, the European Union’s high commissioner for foreign affairs, during a visit to Brussels on Sunday as Israel […]

UAE to open Israel embassy in Tel Aviv on Wednesday

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UAE to open Israel embassy in Tel Aviv on Wednesday President Herzog to attend ceremony, which comes weeks after Lapid inaugurates missions in Abu Dhabi and Dubai By Lazar Berman Today, 9:34 pm Edit   Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel’s diplomatic reporter   The UAE’s first ambassador to Israel, Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah, […]

Erdogan slams Israeli policies toward Palestinians in meeting with Abbas

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i24NEWS July 11, 2021, 01:34 AMlatest revision July 11, 2021, 03:35 AM  2 min read Presidential Press Service via AP, PoolTurkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, (right,) shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, prior to their meeting in New York, on September 26, 2018. Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the agenda during Saturday’s meeting between two leaders […]

Yair Lapid meets with Egyptian foreign minister

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By REUTERS JULY 11, 2021 19:15 Egypt’s foreign minister met his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid in Brussels, and stressed need to resolve stalemate between Palestinian and Israeli sides, according to Reuters. This is a developing story.

Ra’am MKs boycott Knesset votes, threaten to dismantle government

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JERUSALEM POST STAFF JULY 11, 2021 12:29  Ra’am (United Arab List) MK Mazen Ghanaim gave an interview to a KAN 11 Arabic radio show threatening that he will dismantle the coalition if the government carries out attacks in Gaza, N12 reported on Sunday. The Ra’am MK also reportedly commented on the Citizenship Law, calling it […]

Biden may succeed in making Israeli-Palestinian peace – opinion

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The US president could forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace by restating that 2 states remains the only viable option, and working to create the conditions on the ground to that end. By ALON BEN-MEIR JULY 8, 2021 20:43 The US remains the indispensable power that can bring both Israel and the Palestinians to an enduring peace, […]

Turkey, Russia, and Iran reject Syrian Kurdish self-rule in joint statement

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Turkey, Russia, and Iran declared their mutual opposition to any self-rule in Syria’s Kurdish-majority northeast in a joint statement on Thursday, the Iraqi Kurdish news outlet Kurdistan 24 reported. At the 16th International Meeting on Syria in the Astana Format, hosted in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan, the three countries “rejected all attempts to create new realities […]

Navy Commander: US Afraid of Iran’s Fleet in Atlantic …. Iranian Source

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“While Americans are present some 12 miles off Iranian waters, they are afraid of Iran’s naval fleet in the Atlantic that is sailing 5,000 miles far from US,” Rear Admiral Khanzadi said on Saturday. “Our presence in the Atlantic is a response to the Americans’ claims that Iran could never sail in the ocean,” he […]