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Netanyahu hails UAE visa exemption agreement as boost for reciprocal tourism

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel ratifies visa exemption agreement with UAE, its first with Arab state by Raphael Ahren November 22, 2020 Israel’s cabinet ratified a mutual visa exemption agreement with the United Arab Emirates on Sunday — the Jewish state’s … Continue reading

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“On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Pollard had completed his parole and was free to go”

NEW YORK POST Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard is free after completing parole by Jorge Fitz-Gibbon November 20, 2020 Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, a former US Navy analyst who sold government secrets to Israel, has completed parole and is now … Continue reading

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“The PA’s sudden willingness to renew security coordination and accept money from Israel is clearly intended as a gesture of goodwill towards presumptive president-elect Joe Biden and his team”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) At a Diplomatic Crossroad, it is Time for Israel to Act by Caroline Glick November 20, 2020 …Now back in business, [Martin] Indyk published an article last week on NBC‘s website setting out how … Continue reading

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“The Paraguay connection is interesting because it was believed that the 1994 Buenos Aires attack on the Jewish community may also have been linked to perpetrators who crossed over from Paraguay”.

JERUSALEM POST Is Hezbollah’s ammonium nitrate linked to plot against Jews in Argentina? by Seth J. Frantzman November 16, 2020 Argentina said over the weekend that it had increased security on its border with Paraguay due to an “anonymous tip” … Continue reading

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“Goods in areas of the West Bank where the Palestinian Authority maintains relevant authorities shall be marked as products of  “West Bank” and goods produced in Gaza will be marked as products of “Gaza””

THE HILL US to label goods from Israeli settlements in West Bank as ‘Made in Israel’ by Laura Kelly November 19, 2020 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday issued new guidelines to label Israeli goods made in settlements in … Continue reading

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“Egyptian Islamic scholar Saad Eddin Al-Hilali expressed concern that Biden, if elected, will continue in the footsteps of Obama and endorse the Islamists”

GATESTONE INSTITUTE Arabs Warn Biden: Do Not Embrace Islamists by Khaled Abu Toameh November 19, 2020 In a clear message directed to a possible US administration under Joe Biden, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have warned against supporting the Muslim Brotherhood … Continue reading

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“In his new memoir, the 44th president continues to blame Netanyahu for his own failure to make peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors”

NATIONAL REVIEW Obama’s Simmering Resentment of Benjamin Netanyahu by Jim Geraghty November 20, 2020 The final chapter of Barack Obama’s third memoir, A Promised Land, begins with an extensive review of the former president’s often-testy relationship with his Israeli counterpart, … Continue reading

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“The US and Israel both had ‘scores to settle’ with terror chief al-Masri, reportedly shot dead by Israeli agents in August; Iran now said to fear more hits in Trump’s last 2 months”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Al-Qaeda No. 2 was planning attacks on Israelis, Jews when killed in Tehran by Staff November 14, 2020 The Al-Qaeda No. 2 reportedly shot dead by Israeli agents in Tehran in August was planning attacks on Israeli … Continue reading

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“In 2018 sermon, Warnock blasted Israel. He now says, ‘I Stand with Israel’”

NEW YORK POST Georgia Dem’s anti-Israel sermon resurfaces amid Senate runoff race by Carl Campanile November 13, 2020 With the balance of power in the US Senate riding on two run-off elections in Georgia, the heat is on and stinging … Continue reading

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“Talk of Biden’s joviality and personal warmth, and of moderates versus radicals, are soothing distractions for Israelis about to face the most hostile U.S. administration in history”

JNS The approaching storm in US-Israel relations by Caroline B. Glick November 15, 2020 …But the rancor and infighting between moderates and radicals revolves around domestic issues like socialism and defunding the police. It has nothing to do with Israel … Continue reading

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