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Topic: World Economic Forum

May 22, 2013
5:26 pm

Shimon Peres (left) with Mahmoud Abbas during a 2010 meeting (photo credit: Jose Marquez/GPO/Flash90)

Peres heads to Jordan, may meet Abbas and Abdullah

President will travel Sunday to World Economic Forum, won’t comment on reports he’ll hold talks with key leaders

By Raphael Ahren

March 19, 2013
5:06 pm

World Economic Forum honors Australian Jewish innovator

Jeremy Balkin launched influential effort to encourage charity among super-wealthy

By Times of Israel staff

January 28, 2013
8:29 pm

Jordan's King Abdullah II, right, meets with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, in Amman, Jordan, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 (AP/Raad Adayleh)

Palestinian reconciliation talks to resume in Egypt

Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal tells Jordan’s Abdullah he expects to ‘overcome obstacles’ with Mahmoud Abbas

January 25, 2013
8:38 pm

King Abdullah II of Jordan speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Friday.

Jordan: No time for Israel to play the waiting game

In Davos, King Abdullah warns that Obama’s second term is an ephemeral window of opportunity to implement the two-state solution

By Yifa Yaakov

January 25, 2013
1:15 am

President Shimon Peres (R) meets with Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (photo credit: President Spokesman/GPO/Flash90)

Peres: Iran resolved to ‘rule over the Middle East’

President lauds Obama-led sanctions, says Arab League should assemble a military force to stop the bloodshed in Syria

By Times of Israel staff

January 23, 2013
7:06 pm

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu attends a press conference in Davos, Switzerland, last month (photo credit: AP/Michel Euler)

Turkey: Syrian bombardment of citizens a war crime

Foreign minister calls for greater access for aid groups, says he expects UN Security Council to step in, stop bloodshed

January 23, 2013
6:59 pm

President Shimon Peres shakes hands with former US President Bill Clinton, during a meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 2010 (Photo credit: Sergei Illin/Flash 90)

Peres and party heads to powwow — after Davos

President to attend World Economic Forum before meeting with politicians over the formation of a coalition government

By Joshua Davidovich

September 5, 2012
2:41 pm

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on a visit to the Technion earlier this year (Photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/FLASH90)

Israel still tops in innovation, but dragged down by red tape and education flaws

Competitiveness survey ranks Israel 26th — 1st for science research institutions, 3rd in access to venture capital, 4th in innovation, but 109th for bureaucracy

By David Shamah

June 7, 2012
3:44 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia in Istanbul, 2012 (photo credit: CC-BY-SA World Economic Forum/ Norbert Schiller, flickr)

When Erdogan hosts the world, there is no place for Israelis, or Israel’s side of the story

My brothers in Israel don’t deliberately kill babies or anyone else, an American rabbi told Turkey’s PM

By Raphael Ahren

June 6, 2012
10:09 am

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (photo credit: AP Photo/Yasin Bulbul)

Erdoğan: ‘We don’t need Israeli tourists’

Turkish PM tells Maariv that Turkey unharmed by crisis with Israel

By Hillary Zaken

June 5, 2012
8:36 pm

Mahmoud Abbas with a WEF participant at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul. (photo credit: Raphael Ahren / Times of Israel staff)

Abbas to The Times of Israel: Netanyahu’s unity government could make peace if it wanted to

Speaking in Istanbul, Palestinian president says his side is ready for a deal

By Raphael Ahren

June 5, 2012
7:42 pm

Erdogan blasts Israel for treatment of ‘Palestinian brothers’ in Gaza

Turkish PM takes to World Economic Forum stage despite pledging not to return after heated altercation with Peres in 2009

By Raphael Ahren and AP

June 3, 2012
7:29 pm

Israel stays away from major Mideast conference in Istanbul

President, PM, ministers all skipping Erdogan’s World Economic Forum summit. Abbas and other world leaders among 1,000 participants

By Raphael Ahren

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: World Economic Forum

Peres heads to Jordan, may meet Abbas and Abdullah

President will travel Sunday to World Economic Forum, won’t comment on reports he’ll hold talks with key leaders

World Economic Forum honors Australian Jewish innovator

Jeremy Balkin launched influential effort to encourage charity among super-wealthy

Palestinian reconciliation talks to resume in Egypt

Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal tells Jordan’s Abdullah he expects to ‘overcome obstacles’ with Mahmoud Abbas

Jordan: No time for Israel to play the waiting game

In Davos, King Abdullah warns that Obama’s second term is an ephemeral window of opportunity to implement the two-state solution

Peres: Iran resolved to ‘rule over the Middle East’

President lauds Obama-led sanctions, says Arab League should assemble a military force to stop the bloodshed in Syria

Turkey: Syrian bombardment of citizens a war crime

Foreign minister calls for greater access for aid groups, says he expects UN Security Council to step in, stop bloodshed

Peres and party heads to powwow — after Davos

President to attend World Economic Forum before meeting with politicians over the formation of a coalition government

Israel still tops in innovation, but dragged down by red tape and education flaws

Competitiveness survey ranks Israel 26th — 1st for science research institutions, 3rd in access to venture capital, 4th in innovation, but 109th for bureaucracy

When Erdogan hosts the world, there is no place for Israelis, or Israel’s side of the story

My brothers in Israel don’t deliberately kill babies or anyone else, an American rabbi told Turkey’s PM

Erdoğan: ‘We don’t need Israeli tourists’

Turkish PM tells Maariv that Turkey unharmed by crisis with Israel

Abbas to The Times of Israel: Netanyahu’s unity government could make peace if it wanted to

Speaking in Istanbul, Palestinian president says his side is ready for a deal

Erdogan blasts Israel for treatment of ‘Palestinian brothers’ in Gaza

Turkish PM takes to World Economic Forum stage despite pledging not to return after heated altercation with Peres in 2009

Israel stays away from major Mideast conference in Istanbul

President, PM, ministers all skipping Erdogan’s World Economic Forum summit. Abbas and other world leaders among 1,000 participants

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