יום חמישי, י״ז תמוז תשפ״וThursday, July 2, 2026
Follow Us
By Erez Linn
Before joining the embassy, Sarah Milgrim immersed herself in Israel's Neve Shalom Tech2Peace program to study friendships between Israelis and Arabs.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Following an unsuccessful operation in Syria, she was taken to the Ziv Medical Center under IDF escort, where she is gradually regaining speech and movement.
"Our visit to the United Arab Emirates is a powerful symbol of the changing dynamics in the Middle East," said Yesha Council head Yisrael Ganz.
A strategic shift reflects Jerusalem's desire to bolster President Joseph Aoun's position against armed groups in coordination with the U.S.
Turkish media has been conspicuously silent about Netanyahu’s remarks.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"It's a big development. It's a lot of money going to be spent and we've already spent some, but we're going to spending a lot more."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Cairo's recent military buildup in the Sinai "requires clarification," said Knesset member Ruth Wasserman Lande
By David Isaac
More than half of respondents would oppose a "Palestinian" state even if it were part of a Saudi-Israel peace deal.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Trump administration officials, past and present, recently have made statements in favor of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.
By Max Gelber
Trump's campaign on Friday arrived in Dearborn, Michigan, the largest Arab-majority city in the US.
“Nobody accuses the United States of being an apartheid state,” the former U.S. ambassador to Israel told the Knesset.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Riyadh is also waiting for a ceasefire in Gaza before potentially signing on to the Abraham Accords.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Rep. Brad Schneider called Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s statement “both ignorant and abhorrent.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israeli Minister Benny Gantz's party does, however, want an "international civilian governance mechanism for Gaza" that includes "Palestinians."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Egypt is not allowing aid to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The series of arrests is driven by security concerns connected to Oct. 7, according to Riyadh-based diplomats and human rights groups.
“This is a package deal,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said of the components of a Saudi-Israeli agreement. “None go forward without the others.”
“Some people think that by forcing neighboring countries to normalize their ties [with Israel] the problem will be solved. They are wrong,” said the Iranian leader.
By Joshua Marks
“Iran is a nation that endorses terrorism, and the world should have curtailed it much earlier," a member of the royal family told Hebrew media.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Arab states were initially hesitant to share the information, fearing Iranian reprisal, according to The Wall Street Journal.
By Ariel Kahana
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is scheduled to meet the Saudi ambassador to Washington in pursuit of an historic agreement.
“Do you support or oppose the notion that as part of a deal to end the war—which will include long-term military quiet, guarantees from the United States, and an agreement with Arab states such as Saudi Arabia—Israel should agree to the establishment of a Palestinian state?”
By David Isaac
The EU are frustrated Prime Minister Netanyahu, whom they see as the main obstacle to their two-state vision.
By Ariel Kahana
The plan also envisions normalization between Israel and the Arab world, the release of captives and a new regime in Gaza.
By Joshua Marks
The Israeli prime minister reportedly dismissed the proposal, brought to him by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
By Joshua Marks
A two-state solution is part of “the basic recipe" for peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors, said the U.S. National Security Advisor.
Achieving any shared vision, however, will be complicated.
Use of the route has grown exponentially in the wake of the Houthi attacks on commercial vessels.
Thanks to the Houthis attacking ships, the land-route has become very popular.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa also condemned Israel's operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih also announced that Riyadh will host three summits on the Hamas war.
Mauritania and Israel had diplomatic relations from 1999-2010.
Blinken's trip will include a visit to Ramallah in the Palestinian Authority.
By Ariel Kahana
The Saudis are not pressuring Israel to make hefty concessions to the Palestinian Authority.
The Saudi want peace with Israel and a defense treaty with the US, that's all they care about.
Saudi aid to the Palestinian Authority dropped from $174 million a year in 2019 to zero in 2021.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Riyadh reportedly asked Washington to freeze negotiations over the Netanyahu government's stance on concessions to the Palestinian Authority.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
he top U.S. diplomat said that for Riyadh, too, progress on the "Palestinian" issue was necessary for the normalization process to move forward.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Trump administration reportedly assured the UAE that the U.S. would not recognize Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria until 2024 at the earliest.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The development comes amid a U.S.-led effort to persuade Riyadh to join the Abraham Accords.
Some within the PA believe they will lose out from a Saudi normalization.
Cohen was welcomed in Manama on Sunday night by his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Eli Cohen will inaugurate the permanent home of the Israeli embassy in Manama.
The visit reciprocates Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana’s visit to Morocco in June.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The kingdom contributed billions to Palestinian Authority Arab causes until cutting off funding over corruption.
The Israelis spent the night in a hotel in Saudi Arabia.
Air Seychelles flight HM22/SEY022 to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. secretary of state said Saudi Arabia will need to show Muslims it extracted major achievements for the "Palestinians" in any normalization deal.
Jake Sullivan has traveled to Riyadh numerous times over the last six months in a bid to broker an agreement.
The Prime Minister’s Office clarified that Israel has not agreed to any of its neighboring countries having a nuclear program, without distinguishing between military and civilian programs.
The timing was not accidental when Saudi Arabia announced its ambassador to Jordan will also take on the roles of ambassador to the Palestinian Authority and consul general in eastern Jerusalem.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Eli Cohen predicted that Netanyahu and the Saudi crown prince would make history together.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Said Boukioud was jailed for Facebook posts denouncing the Abraham Accords “in a way that could be interpreted as criticism of the king."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
David Barnea met with the U.S. national security advisor at the White House ahead of his trip to Jeddah.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Turkey will also host Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas, who will fly to Ankara on July 25.
The invitation was sent in a warm, personal letter in which the king of Morocco thanked the State of Israel for its recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara.
Morocco normalized relations with Jerusalem as part of the Trump administration-brokered Abraham Accords.
The rabbi, who lost his wife and two teenage daughters in an Arab terror attack, has urged unity in the wake of the tragedy.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The "Land Connectivity by Trucks" proposal hopes to kick off even before Jerusalem-Riyadh normalization.
The Israeli team is ranked second in the world.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Clinton refused to let the Hebron or Kever Rachel remain in Israel's hands.
A fiber-optic cable is to connect Asia to the West via the Jewish state.
Amir Ohana presented the head of the parliament in Rabat with the smallest Koran in the world, printed with Israeli nanotechnology.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Such a deal might see Tehran promise to halt nuclear enrichment.
The “Tracks for Regional Peace” plan and a newer U.S.-backed proposal to connect Gulf and Arab countries with India come as talks intensify between Israel and Saudi Arabia to reach a normalization agreement by the end of the year.
DMCC registered its most successful year yet in 2022 and now includes more than 23,000 companies from around the world.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
COP28 later this year will be the Israeli prime minister's first official visit to the United Arab Emirates.
“Normalization with Riyadh could happen within six months.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
If the Saudis can “calm the Yemeni situation down, I think that’s great,” the U.S. envoy to Jerusalem said.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It’s in Riyadh’s interest to forge an agreement while Biden is in office, U.S. officials said.
By Ariel Kahana
Washington is examining Riyadh's conditions for peace with Jerusalem, including establishing a civilian nuclear program.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I want the people of Israel to know that the Islamic Republic does not represent the Iranian people,” said Reza Pahlavi.
The two leaders agreed to continue the dialogue between them in a personal meeting in the near future.
NewMed holds a 45 percent stake in Israel’s Leviathan offshore gas field, the second largest gas field in the entire Mediterranean Sea.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Circassians from Kfar Kama were denied entry visas into the Gulf kingdom to attend an event honoring their lower Galilee village.
Israel is trying to normalize relations with Indonesia, Somalia, Mauritania and Niger.
At the summit, Israel committed to “stop discussion of any new settlement units for 4 months and to stop authorization of any outposts for 6 months,” says the U.S. State Department.
Oman’s announcement did not indicate any reason for its timing.
In September, Israel and the Emirates agreed on their first known arms sale, a SPYDER air defense system produced by the Haifa-based Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. State Department describes UAE-backed resolution as ‘unhelpful’ ahead of crucial Ukraine vote.
Sudan’s top leadership confirmed hosting Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen for talks on fully normalizing ties on Thursday. Sudanese ruler General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan released a statement confirming the meeting, along with photos of himself with Cohen and other members of the Israeli entourage. “The head of the ruling council met today in his office with […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The delegation, led by Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.), has visited Morocco and Bahrain and will also travel to the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
The sheikh’s stay may lead to more Emiratis getting medical treatment in Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"If we have peace with Saudi Arabia, we are effectively going to bring an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict," Benjamin Netanyahu said.
By TPS / WAM
“This is the definition of disruptive technology. It is changing the way we live, the way we work.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Relations with Bahrain are at the center of Israeli consensus,” Regional Cooperation Minister Issawi Frej said.
The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) treaty is expected to increase bilateral trade to over $10 billion within five years.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“This is what true peace looks like,” tweets the Religious Zionist Party head.
Based in Herzliya, NewMed was formerly known as Delek Drilling.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
The Abraham Accords are “a warm peace between our people, a true peace of goodwill, mutual respect, friendship, moderation and tolerance,” said Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu.
The IPO will perform Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 (in A major).
Lapid said, "The decision to open an embassy reflects the depth of the relationship between our countries."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
King Abdullah speaks with the Israeli PM-designate by phone, while Sudanese military ruler Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan sends a letter.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Opening Oman's skies to Israeli flights would let airlines take full advantage of Riyadh's opening of its own airspace to Israeli flights.
This marks yet another step forward in Israel’s warming relationship with the Arab world since the signing of the Abraham Accords in 2020.
Anwar Sadar: "Poor Menachem, I got back 90% of the Sinai and the Alma oil fields, and what has Menachem got? A piece of paper."
It is unclear exactly what technology he was talking about.
“After hard work we are proud, happy and excited,” Israeli Ambassador to the UAE Amir Hayek said Tuesday.
Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov: "We thought that the President of the United States Joe Biden would be the millionth tourist but once again we have beaten the forecast."
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Most of the collaborations are confidential so as not to embarrass the partners in the emerging alliance.
June 26, 2026 
