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By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel and Bahrain signed the Abraham Accords on the White House lawns on September 15, the first peace agreement between Israel and an Arab country in 25 years.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Defense Department, State Department employees, the United Nations and humanitarian groups are reportedly against such a move.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Such a link would be “shorter, faster, cheaper and safer” than currently used trade routes, says the Bank of Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The expected withdrawals come in the aftermath of shakeups at the Pentagon in which U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper was fired and replaced with Christopher Miller.
By Israel Hayom
“Our common goal is solidifying the peace in the region,” says TRENDS Research and Advisory head Mohammed Abdullah al-Ali.
The Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement rejecting the Saudi proclamation.
Nearly 2,000 people are participating in Ben-Gurion University’s 2020 Drylands, Deserts & Desertification Conference (DDD) which began on Monday.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The move underground, which can protect the plant from aerial attacks
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The focus of both sides is the oil and gas discoveries in the territorial waters which are under dispute.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Tehran has also been enriching uranium up to a 4.5 percent purity, higher than the 3.67 percent allowed under the 2015 nuclear deal.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Israeli delegation is being led by Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan • Abbas adviser Nabil Shaath says the visit is “painful to witness.”
Israel and Bahrain signed a historic peace agreement at the White House on September 15, the Abraham Accords.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has been flooded with a massive number of messages of love and peace from residents of Arab countries from Morocco to Iraq, Syria to Yemen.
“They are preparing operational plans in anticipation of the next war,” warned Maj. (res.) Tal Beeri, director of Alma’s research department, who tells JNS that Hezbollah is deeply embedded among Syrian military’s forces, using their bases to gather intelligence and prepare military attack plans.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Trump administration imposed sanctions on 19 entities and individuals on Monday that it accused of providing support to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.
The Ritz Carlton Manama will be under OU supervision.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We are here today to normalize the normalization in reality,” says Hussein Suleiman, the leader of a delegation of Arab businessmen aboard the flight.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The platform said a network used fake accounts to develop fictitious personas who purported to be based in Israel and Iraq.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The move comes a week after the Trump administration reports that it intends to sell 50 F-35 fighter jets to the UAE.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
This is one of the latest developments in the rapidly developing commercial relationship between Israel and the UAE.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz could not rule out anti-Semitism as a possible motive.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
UAE and Israeli citizens can visit each other’s countries visa-free, owing to the recently signed Abraham Accords.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
UAE official Dehrar Belhoul Al Falasi: “The UAE is committed to the cause, to the Palestinian people. ... If we want to pay, we pay the people.”
By Chabad.org
Rabbi Levi Duchman first came to the UAE in the winter of 2015, following up months later to lead a Passover seder in the capital city of Abu Dhabi. He moved to the country later that year.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi says he doesn’t think Tehran has a “significant quantity” of uranium “to indicate amounts which could be theoretically used for the development of a nuclear weapon.”
It is unclear if this a negotiating tactic on Lebanon's part, or their puppet-master Iran and its proxy Hezbollah are attempting to derail the negotiations and ensure the destruction of Lebanon.
By Israel Hayom
During a visit to the north of the country to observe a large-scale IDF drill, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz also signaled optimism about eventual peace between Israel and Lebanon.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Erdogan focused much of his anger on France and French President Emmanuel Macron. The two are already in conflict over French policy against the separatism of Muslim communities across the country.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The few remaining buyers of Iranian crude oil should know that they are helping to fund Iran’s malign activity across the Middle East,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Michel Aoun is an ally of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and therefore this statement is receiving a lot of attention inside and outside of Lebanon.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Russia has a presence in Syria and has significant sway on the development in the country. The IDF and the Russian army maintain a line of communications through which they coordinate their actions to prevent a clash between the two militaries.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Negotiations are expected to be completed in the next few days • “This is the type of purchase that could be the start of something amazing,” said Koen Group owner Naum Koen.
“This is not just a business opportunity, but a political opportunity for a new page between the Israeli hi-tech community and the entire Middle East."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice program is seeking “information on the activities, networks and associates of Hezbollah that form a part of its financial support.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Joint Arab List was alone in voting against the normalization deal with the United Arab Emirates in the Knesset, upsetting many Israeli Arabs that welcomed a move that is likely to become a key economic, education and tourism opportunity for the community.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I am glad that so many Senate Democrats have now echoed that sentiment,” said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
After the “Oruç Reis” survey vessel returned to the eastern Mediterranean, countries criticized the move.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israeli leaders have repeatedly declared that they will not tolerate an Iranian threat on its northern border with Syria .
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The EAPC-MED-RED plan, which will include other countries as well, is to avoid crossing the Suez Canal and save time for Asia buyers.
“The Abraham Fund will tackle challenges facing the region and increase economic opportunity for everyone."
The MSC Paris made history last week when it became the first ship from the UAE to dock at Haifa’s port.
"We are excited and together we will pray that God might lead us to peace and that we might reach our destination for good life and peace."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“This represents the toughest sanctions on Hezbollah ever proposed by Congress,” said Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.).
The expiration of the embargo comes after United States enacted U.N. snapback sanctions on the regime in August, a move that included extending it indefinitely.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Arab's leadership in Israel is opposed to real peace.
There has been an ongoing fierce conflict between the Saudis and the Turks due to the latter’s support of the Muslim Brotherhood and following the struggle for hegemony over the Sunni camp in the Middle East.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
During the meeting, representatives held “productive talks and reaffirmed their commitment to continue negotiations later this month,” Washington and the U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon said in a joint statement.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Haifa Port Chairman of the Board Eshel Armoni: “This is very exciting. This is a new era in the Middle East."
Clinton’s emails are arousing resentment in moderate Arab countries as they demonstrate her apparent support for extreme Muslim elements in the Middle East and the chaos caused by the so-called Arab Spring.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The UAE and other Arab Gulf states have boycotted Qatar since 2017 and have demanded that it close the base.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel and its supporters have expressed objections to possible sales, saying that could undermine Israel’s regional Qualitative Military Edge.
The Trump administration effectively cut off the regime from the worldwide fiscal system with an exception for humanitarian purposes.
Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, a senior Saudi official, openly criticized the Palestinian Authority leadership for transferring their allegiance to Turkey and Iran.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“This judgment is the first step in the pursuit of justice for Robert Levinson, an American patriot, who was kidnapped and subjected to unimaginable suffering for more than 13 years,” said his family.
The sukkah was presented by Rabbi Levi Duchman, the rabbi of the local Jewish community in Dubai.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital made history when it held a medical conference in collaboration with an Abu Dhabi Medical Center, the first medical collaboration between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The population of Bahrain is 60 percent Shiite while the royal house is Sunni.
Nizar and his wife, Ahlam Tamimi, were released from prison in 2011 in an exchange with Hamas for captured Israel soldier Gilad Shalit.
“While I applaud the historic normalization of relations between Israel and both the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, I firmly believe we must continue supporting Israel to ensure safety and security in the region."
Turns out you need more than one hour to evacuate a Precision Guided Missile (PGM) manufacturing site, so Hezbollah hoped the reporters just wouldn't notice. Well... we did.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced and praised the official decision of the Israeli and Lebanese governments to directly negotiate their shared maritime border.
By Israel Hayom
“Hello, friend,” featuring Israel’s Elkana Martziano and the UAE’s Walid Aljassim conveys a message of peace between the two countries.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Gulf nation will work to ensure that its agreement with Israel “opens new intellectual horizons in the region,” says UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
As fast as Hezbollah prepared, they couldn't hide all the evidence in time...
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump predicted Kuwait would establish ties with Israel in the near future.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Doha, with Ankara's support, has proposed to P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas that he form a joint list in the Palestinian Legislative Council with the Gaza-based terror group, and then a national-unity coalition.
In what could be a major breakthrough, Lebanon has agreed to negotiate with Israel over their shared maritime border after the Sukkot holiday.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Dia Saba is to sign a three-year contract for $3 million per season after previously playing for the Chinese Super League club Guangzhou R&F.
By Ariel Kahana
Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge “is a matter of U.S. law, not policy,” says U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Having Chinese tanks, or Chinese air-defense systems or defensive missile systems in Iran in the first instance threatens the people of Iran, in the second instance, threatens the people of the Middle East, and the next people who come under threat are the people who live in Europe,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The deal reportedly must honor an agreement with Israel that guarantees a “qualitative military edge” over any Middle Eastern states that purchase U.S. weapons.
Images from Lebanese news media show clouds of dark smoke rising from the structure. The cause of the blast is not yet known.
A joint statement by the US and Qatar on Friday on the strategic dialogue raised tensions in the Palestinian Authority and there is a growing understating that Qatar is becoming an important link in the implementation of American policy.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The move comes as the U.N. arms embargo on the regime is set to be extended indefinitely.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The restaurant will be operated under the rabbinical supervision of Rabbi Levi Y. Duchman, rabbi of the UAE, who has certified the venue with glatt-kosher and pas Yisroel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“With recent developments, we expect that demand for kosher food in the UAE and region will grow quickly,” says Emirates Flight Catering CEO Saeed Mohammed.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Amir Peretz spoke by phone with the UAE Minister of Economy Abdullah bin Touq Al-Marri on Sept. 17, 2020.
The designation has been criticized by some, including Al Jazeera Media Network, as being part of the newly signed Abraham Accords with Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“You can’t allow Iran to have more money, power and arms, and at the same time try to disconnect Hezbollah from the disasters it provoked in Lebanon,” says the U.S. secretary of state.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The president said that he would be willing to sell the same arms to other Middle Eastern countries as well.
The two companies will cooperate in establishing a shipping line on a direct route from Jebel Ali Port in Dubai to the Port of Eilat and Israel Shipyards will examine the possibility of cooperation in the production and marketing of various products in Dubai.
The Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel
The PA has refused to accept tax funds collected by Israel for the PA.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned six companies based in Iran, the United Arab Emirates and China for allegedly supporting Triliance’s continued involvement in the sale of Iranian petrochemical products.
By Israel Hayom
“The attack intended to weaken missile production in Syria, probably for Hezbollah, by harming its crucial elements,” says ImageSat International.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis calls the move “a positive first step,” but says sanctions are on the table if Ankara refuses to “return to the path of logic.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The historic event will take place at the White House on Tuesday.
By Israel 21C
For five years, IsraAID has been helping tens of thousands of Syrian, Iraqi and Afghani refugees in Lesbos. Last week, it burned down, leaving 12,000 people homeless.
Dr. Al Jaber stated that welcomed the opportunity to “collaborate with such a renowned establishment as the Weizmann Institute of Science.”
Palestinian Authority security forces have arrested a number of political activists associated with Muhammad Dahlan after he criticized the PA for burning United Arab Emirates (UAE) flags and insulting Arab rulers who announced the normalization of ties with Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Sultanate of Oman welcomed Israel and Bahrain’s announcement on their normalization of ties, leading the speculation the Gulf country was the next in line to announce its normalization of ties with the Jewish state.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The UAE and Bahrain are contributing to Trump’s presidential campaign at the expense of the inalienable rights of the people of Palestine,” tweeted PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Israeli aviation is going to completely change,” says expert Yossi Fischer. “The UAE understands what a wonderful opportunity they have and they know the Israeli market well through the companies they own.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
With sanctions, America seeks to leverage reform in Lebanon, including ensuring that Hezbollah no longer has a grip on the government.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The new hall would replace a production hall that experienced a fire in July in what Iran has alleged was sabotage.
The council works to promote deals in the fields of science, technology, medicine, high tech, and agriculture, and consists of more than 50 businessmen in Israel and the UAE, many of whom recently participated in a conference through Zoom on August 18.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Syrian air defenses were deployed in response to the attack.
The heads of all the terror factions in the Palestinian Authority and Hamas will be meeting in person and virtually in Lebanon.
By Ariel Kahana
UAE Foreign Ministry director of policy planning says historic U.S.-Israeli delegation visit to Abu Dhabi was “promising,” but much work still remains.
September 18, 2026 
