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Blinken in Israel for 'Landmark' Arab Talks

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel Sunday for a "historic" meeting with Arab countries which have normalized relations with the Jewish state in the US-brokered Abraham Accords. Blinken, who arrived in Tel Aviv Saturday evening, will meet with his counterparts from Israel, Morocco, Egypt, Bahrain and the…

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Israeli-Arab summit convenes, Blinken seeks to reassure allies on Iran

Israeli and Arab partners convened for a rare summit in Israel on Sunday attended by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who sought to reassure the U.S. allies over Washington's diplomacy with Iran.

Reuters

Five-Way Meeting to Be Held in Jerusalem to Tackle Issues Discussed in Sharm El-Sheikh

Five days after the tripartite summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, which brought together Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced holding a two-day "historic diplomatic summit." The five-way regional summit will…

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Israel to host 'historic' regional summit next week, foreign minister says

Israel will host a "historic" five-way regional conference next week, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Friday, as talks to revive a nuclear deal with Iran remain in limbo.

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Israel Opens Humanitarian Field Hospital In War-Torn Ukraine

First foreign field hospital to operate in Ukraine includes ER ward, labor and delivering facilities and mental health services.

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Jordan King to Visit Ramallah to Ease Tension Ahead of Ramadan

Jordan's King Abdullah II will visit Ramallah soon to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in an attempt to contain a possible escalation during Ramadan month, according to the official Kan Channel. Kan said that the monarch plans to come to Ramallah on the eve of Ramadan and meet Abbas, who…

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Israel Urges US Not to Drop Iran Guards from Terror List

Israel on Friday appealed to the United States not to remove Iran's Revolutionary Guards from its blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations as part of a revived nuclear deal. The Revolutionary Guard Corps "is a terrorist organization that has murdered thousands of people, including Americans," Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign…

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Israel urges Biden admin not to remove IRGC from terror blacklist

Bennett and Lapid's statement was unusually strong in its criticism of the Biden administration.

Axios

Israel will not be route to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia - foreign minister

Israel will not be a route to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and other western countries, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Monday during a visit to Slovakia.

Reuters

Jordan King Reiterates Need To Preserve Status Quo in Jerusalem

Jordanian King Abdullah II on Thursday told Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid that Israel's "unilateral steps" in the holy city from accelerated Jewish settlement building to its attempts to change the legal status quo of the city undermined a two-state solution. King Abdullah reaffirmed the need to step up efforts…

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Israeli foreign minister, Jordan's king discuss Jerusalem tensions

Jordan's King Abdullah hosted Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid for talks on Thursday about coordinating ways of securing calm in Jerusalem, a frequent flashpoint of Palestinian protests, officials on both sides said.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine Central to Blinken Talks with Israel Minister

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday thanked Israel for its efforts to end Russia’s war with Ukraine as he and his Israeli counterpart met to discuss the conflict and ongoing nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna. Blinken said that any initiative to try to halt the conflict would…

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Blinken, Israel's Lapid discuss Ukraine-Russia diplomacy, Iran nuclear talks

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met in the Latvian capital of Riga on Monday to discuss Israel's diplomatic initiative to end Russia's war with Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine central to Blinken talks with Israel minister

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has thanked Israel for its efforts to end Russia's war with Ukraine

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Israel's foreign minister to meet Blinken in Latvia

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday in Riga, Lapid's office said on Sunday.

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Israel Presses US on Iran Nuclear Deal Terms

Israel is pressing the United States about the terms of an emerging Iranian nuclear deal, Israeli officials said on Monday, raising the prospect of a bilateral day-after agreement with Washington to address their worries. While not a party to the nuclear negotiations between Iran and world powers in Vienna, Israel…

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Israel presses U.S. on Iran nuclear deal terms, to keep talking afterward

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Israel’s Lapid to Visit Turkey Following Secret Visit by Ushpiz

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will visit Turkey in mid-March to participate in a forum and meet with several senior officials, said a source in Tel Aviv on Friday. The source affirmed that Lapid was officially invited to participate in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, which is scheduled to be held…

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Israeli Foreign Ministry Summons Ukrainian Ambassador

Israel summoned on Thursday Ukraine’s ambassador to Tel Aviv, Yevgen Korniychuk, for criticizing Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s remarks about the Russia-Ukraine crisis. “I was deeply appalled by Lapid’s recent remarks regarding his vision of the ‘Russia-Ukraine conflict,’” he wrote on a Facebook post. “I would like to remind the minister…

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Commentary: Why Israel should stay out of the Ukraine conflict

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday. According to the State Department’s readout of the conversation, they discussed “shared challenges, in the face of potential Russian aggression against Ukraine.”

The Guardian - UK

Amnesty International calls Israel’s actions against Palestinians apartheid

Israel calls for report to be withdrawn and accuses human rights group of antisemitism

The Independent UK

Amnesty joins rights groups in accusing Israel of apartheid

Amnesty International says Israel has maintained “a system of oppression and domination” over the Palestinians going all the way back to its establishment in 1948, one that meets the international definition of apartheid

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Lapid Meeting with PA Official Stirs Partisan Objections on Both Sides

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs head Hussein al-Sheikh met on Sunday, in the first meeting to be made public between Lapid, who is also alternate prime minister, and a senior Palestinian figure. The meeting sparked a wave of criticism from both right-wing and left-wing parties…

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Palestinian Minister Holds 1st Meeting with Israel's Lapid

Israel's top diplomat held an official meeting Sunday evening with a Palestinian minister, the latter said, the first such encounter between the Israeli current foreign minister and a Palestinian official. "I met this evening with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and we discussed several political and bilateral issues," Palestinian civil…

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