Unclassified minutes of a secret Israeli cabinet meeting held 51 years ago reveal that Israel planned a massive transfer of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the tiny Latin American country of Paraguay.The protocols of the May 1969 government vote exposed an Israeli-Paraguayan agreement to “encourage the emigration” of 60,000 Palestinians from territories Israel captured during the 1967 Six-Day War.The transcript, revealed on Tuesday, detailed each nation’s commitments, including Israeli funding for flights transferring Palestinians who agreed to leave the Gaza Strip, a $100 grant per...…Unclassified minutes of a secret Israeli cabinet meeting held 51 years ago reveal that Israel planned a massive transfer of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the tiny Latin American country of Paraguay.The protocols of the May 1969 government vote exposed an Israeli-Paraguayan agreement to “encourage the emigration” of 60,000 Palestinians from territories Israel captured during the 1967 Six-Day War.The transcript, revealed on Tuesday, detailed each nation’s commitments, including Israeli funding for flights transferring Palestinians who agreed to leave the Gaza Strip, a $100 grant per...WW…

Whatever Donald Trump intended with his surprise announcement of “” between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, he got his friend Benjamin Netanyahu out of a bind. for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. In the past year, Netanyahu to gain a governing majority, and is now saddled with a lumbering power-sharing agreement with his former rival, the centrist Benny Gantz.His in steering Israel through the COVID-19 crisis on earth.. And he as Israeli streets have swelled with a is to force him to resign. Netanyahu has also found himself unexpectedly abandoned by some of his staunchest...…Whatever Donald Trump intended with his surprise announcement of “” between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, he got his friend Benjamin Netanyahu out of a bind. for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. In the past year, Netanyahu to gain a governing majority, and is now saddled with a lumbering power-sharing agreement with his former rival, the centrist Benny Gantz.His in steering Israel through the COVID-19 crisis on earth.. And he as Israeli streets have swelled with a is to force him to resign. Netanyahu has also found himself unexpectedly abandoned by some of his staunchest...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement With fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections looming, some Arab gulf nations have turned for help to an ostensible enemy and a country they don’t officially recognize: Israel.Call it COVID-19 diplomacy, according to Yoel Har-Even, head of the international division at Tel Aviv’s Sheba Medical Center, one of Israel’s top medical institutions. The hospital has received inquiries about services and treatments from private individuals and businessmen from countries where “you have to have official permission to reach out” to...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement With fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections looming, some Arab gulf nations have turned for help to an ostensible enemy and a country they don’t officially recognize: Israel.Call it COVID-19 diplomacy, according to Yoel Har-Even, head of the international division at Tel Aviv’s Sheba Medical Center, one of Israel’s top medical institutions. The hospital has received inquiries about services and treatments from private individuals and businessmen from countries where “you have to have official permission to reach out” to...WW…

SubscribeCloseAdvertisementJERUSALEM () — Mansour Abbas, the first leader of any majority-Arab party to join an Israeli government launched his reelection campaign earlier this month with a visit to the al-Aqsa mosque, genially posing for selfies with other Muslims and stopping in front of the iconic golden Dome of the Rock for a sunny campaign portrait.Abbas, 48, head of Ra’am-the United Arab List — the political wing of the Islamic movement in Israel — is perhaps the most intriguing figure to emerge in Israeli politics in recent years. His yearlong stint in the coalition of Naftali...…SubscribeCloseAdvertisementJERUSALEM () — Mansour Abbas, the first leader of any majority-Arab party to join an Israeli government launched his reelection campaign earlier this month with a visit to the al-Aqsa mosque, genially posing for selfies with other Muslims and stopping in front of the iconic golden Dome of the Rock for a sunny campaign portrait.Abbas, 48, head of Ra’am-the United Arab List — the political wing of the Islamic movement in Israel — is perhaps the most intriguing figure to emerge in Israeli politics in recent years. His yearlong stint in the coalition of Naftali...WW…

JERUSALEM—Israel’s was propelled by the abrupt May 17 decision to reopen all schools, medical and public-health officials have told The Daily Beast. “We know Israelis have terrible discipline, but now, it’s the leadership. ”— Galia Rahav, Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv The has direct bearing on underway in the United States between President Donald Trump, for , and health authorities who caution it could put the wider population at risk. Importantly, on May 17 in Israel it appeared the virus not only was under control, but defeated. Israel reported only 10 new cases of COVID-19 in the...…JERUSALEM—Israel’s was propelled by the abrupt May 17 decision to reopen all schools, medical and public-health officials have told The Daily Beast. “We know Israelis have terrible discipline, but now, it’s the leadership. ”— Galia Rahav, Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv The has direct bearing on underway in the United States between President Donald Trump, for , and health authorities who caution it could put the wider population at risk. Importantly, on May 17 in Israel it appeared the virus not only was under control, but defeated. Israel reported only 10 new cases of COVID-19 in the...WW…