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Jerusalem Declaration on U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership
In July, the leaders of the United States and Israel, President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Yair Lapid, signed a historic agreement on Thursday which reaffirmed the “unbreakable” bonds between the two countries and the “enduring commitment of the United States to Israel’s security.”

Officially called the Joint Declaration on the US-Israel Strategic Partnership, it is also being called the Jerusalem declaration.

In it, the United States reiterates its “steadfast commitment “to preserve and strengthen Israel’s capability to deter its enemies and to defend itself against any threat or combination of threats. The United States further reiterates that these commitments are “bipartisan and sacrosanct and that they are not only moral commitments, but also strategic commitments that are… Read More Here

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Israel and UAE Completed Bilateral Free Trade Agreement
In an extension of the Abraham Accords, Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in April made history when the two nations concluded their negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement. If signed, the agreement will make the UAE the first Arab nation to have a full and comprehensive free trade agreement with Israel.

Israel’s Minister of the Economy and Industry Orna Barbivai and the UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi concluded their fourth and final round of negations over the treaty Friday morning. The agreement, which is both significant and comprehensive, will include – inter alia – issues regarding trade in goods such as regulation, standards, customs, trade in services, cooperation, government procurement, electronic trade and trademarks… Read More Here

Israel and Lebanon Reached Historic Agreement Settling Maritime Dispute
In October Israel made it official, announcing, after days of rumors and speculation, that it has come to terms with Lebanon on an agreement over where to set the maritime border between their countries in the Mediterranean Sea. This is significant because Lebanon has made claims to rights over parts of Israel’s offshore Karish natural gas field in the Med and the Hezbollah terrorist group even threatened an attack on Israel should it begin production there before it reached a final deal with Lebanon over the border dispute.

Declaring the new deal a “historic achievement,” Prime Minister Lapid said that this will “strengthen Israel’s security, inject billions into Israel’s economy, and ensure the stability of our northern border.”

Lapid’s office said that the draft agreement meets all the security and economic principles laid out by Israel and that Lapid will convene Israel’s Security Cabinet on Wednesday to discuss the deal, which will be… Read More Here 

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Expo 2020 Dubai Sees Israel President Open Israel’s National Day
Expo 2020 Dubai saw Israel’s President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog open the Israel national day on Monday. The President and First Lady are in the middle of a historic trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which has already seen the Israeli national anthem played by the state band at the royal palace in Dubai, which also flew Israeli flags, and where they were greeted by Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Because of the Coronavirus pandemic, the start of Expo 2020 Dubai was postponed from October 2020. The World Expo is hosted every five years in a different… Read More Here

Mossad and Turkey Foiled Planned Attack on Israelis
According to the report, Mansour Rasouli, a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was detained and interrogated by Israeli agents operating in Iran. Rasouli is said to be a member of the IRGC’s unit 840 Quds Force, which is responsible for carrying out the organization’s activities abroad. Rasouli said that he was paid $150,000 for the operation and that he was promised a $1 million reward should the operation succeed.

And Turkey helped Israel to prevent attacks on Israeli tourists in Istanbul that were plotted by Iranian agents… Read More Here

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