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Donald Trump tours the Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue at the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi with UAE Minister of Tolerance, May 16, 2025. Photo Credit: @MargoMartin47 / X
May 16, 2025, 8:52 pm
Trump visits Abu Dhabi synagogue and interfaith site as Middle East tour ends
Former US president hails “great unity” at Abrahamic Family House alongside UAE tolerance minister
By Annabel Sinclair
An electronic billboard shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shaking hands with U.S. President Donald Trump in Jerusalem, Feb. 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 5, 2025, 12:16 pm
‘Israel is Ready’ for Saudi peace, blare billboards in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and DC
The signs appeared as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
Trump’s proposal is likely to face stiff resistance
December 10, 2024, 9:00 pm
Massad Boulos, Trump’s new Middle East adviser, touts roadmap to Palestinian state
A top Trump adviser and family member stakes out a position on Palestinian statehood that appears to be at odds with Benjamin Netanyahu.
By Ron Kampeas
Defence Minister Gallant and War Cabinet Minister Gantz. Credit: Elad Malka
May 20, 2024, 7:42 am
Israeli ministers gang up on Netanyahu with their Gaza war demands
Benny Gantz threatens to resign from the government if the prime minister fails to agree to a six-point plan for the war by 8 June as Smotrich demands full Israeli control of the territory
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, is seen here during a visit to Tokyo in January 2023. (Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
March 12, 2024, 9:28 am
US religious freedom commission leaves Saudi Arabia after rabbi co-chair is told to remove his kippah
Cooper, an Orthodox rabbi and the director of global social action for the Simon Wiesenthal Center advocacy group, “politely” refused the request with the backing of U.S. embassy
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) receiving US President Joe Biden, at al-Salman Palace in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on Friday, July 15, 2022. Photo by Saudi press Agency/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
January 22, 2024, 7:12 am
Saudi Arabia: No normalisation with Israel without Palestinian state
Prime Minister Netanyahu dismissed the idea of a Palestinian state, stressing that Israel will need to have military control with all territories West of Jordan.
By Jotam Confino
Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud
January 9, 2024, 11:05 am
Saudi ambassador to UK offers continued hope for normalisation deal with Israel
Prince Khalid bin Bandar Al Saud tells Radio 4's Today programme his country have been 'willing to accept Israel for a long time' but only with a plan for Palestinian state
By Lee Harpin
Labour Friends of Israel delegation; July 2023-
November 20, 2023, 12:25 pm
OPINION: Could the Good Friday agreement be a model for Israeli-Palestinian peace?
Ahead of 'much needed change and new thinking' in Israel, Labour Friends of Israel today sets out a new framework for the long road ahead
By Michael Rubin
500-year-old Torah scroll on display in Saudi Arabia. Courtesy: X/Twitter
October 4, 2023, 7:10 am
500-year-old Torah scroll put on display in Saudi Arabia
The scroll was one of 26 ancient manuscripts on display at the International Book Fair in Riyadh.
By JN Reporter
Israel's Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi joined a Jewish morning prayer in Saudi Arabia as he leads an Israeli delegation to the Kingdom. Courtesy: X/Twitter
October 4, 2023, 7:03 am
Israeli Minister holds morning prayer in Saudi Arabia during landmark visit
'Just as the windows in the house of Daniel were opened facing Jerusalem, so too in Riyadh we were able to pray with windows open facing Jerusalem,' Shlomo Karhi said.
By JN Reporter
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jeddah, June 7, 2023. Pic: JTA - Amer Hilabi/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
September 28, 2023, 12:43 pm
No roadmap yet but a deal could be in sight
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says that a normalisation pact with Israel would be “the biggest historical deal since the Cold War."
By David Patrikarakos
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Wednesday, 20 September 2023), on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York City, met with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Credit: Avi Ohayon (GPO)
September 21, 2023, 11:38 am
Netanyahu demands UN chief changes institution’s ‘attitude’ to Israel
Israel has been highly critical of a number of UN institutions in recent years, including the Human Rights Council and UNESCO.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, at the United Nations in New York City on March 27, 2018.
September 21, 2023, 8:54 am
Saudi Crown Prince: We are moving closer to normalisation with Israel ‘every day’
Mohammed bin Salman said a normalisation deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be 'the biggest historical deal since the end of the Cold War.'
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu meeting U.S. President Joe Biden in New York, September 20, 2023. Credit: Avi Ohayon (GPO)
September 20, 2023, 4:37 pm
Biden stresses need to ‘uphold democratic values’ in meeting with Netanyahu
Hundreds of people demonstrated against Netanyahu outside the hotel in New York where the meeting took place.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi R and Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud attend a press conference in Amman, Jordan, on Jan. 3, 2022. Photo by /Xinhua JORDAN-AMMAN-FM-SAUDI ARABIA-FM-MEETING MohammadxAbuxGhosh PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
September 19, 2023, 10:25 am
EU, Arab states launch initiative to kickstart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
'There is no way to resolve the conflict other than by ensuring the establishment of an independent Palestinian state,' Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister said.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
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