Israel and Indonesia have been holding talks on normalizing ties between the two nations over the past three months, the Ynet news site reports.
The unsourced report says that in exchange for establishing relations with Israel, Jerusalem will stop blocking Indonesia from joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD,) the economic organization that currently includes the world’s 38 leading economies.
The report says the OECD has also been involved in the talks.
An Israeli official later confirmed the report to the Times of Israel.
Israel had been reportedly working to normalize ties with Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation, alongside Saudi Arabia and other countries before the war with Hamas broke out on October 7, largely putting the moves on ice.
However, on Tuesday an Indonesian aircraft took part in an airdrop of aid to Gaza, apparently marking the first time an Indonesian aircraft has flown through Israeli airspace.
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