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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Avi Berkowitz

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens as he attends a working breakfast with President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
April 2, 2023, 9:11 am
Kushner’s private equity firm said to receive hundreds of millions from UAE, Qatar
Timing, scale of deals lead to criticism from Democrats, ethics experts; Doha said to fear it would face unfavorable treatment if Trump returns to White House and it didn’t invest
By Ash Obel
A screenshot from video shared by the UAE's deputy prime minister on February 17, 2023, shows the Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue, at the newly opened Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi. (Twitter video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
From the WebFebruary 24, 2023, 6:02 pm
Ex-Trump aide marries in 1st-ever wedding at UAE’s Abrahamic house
Avi Berkowitz, who helped broker Abraham Accords, and Gabrielle Posner wed at Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue, one of three houses of worship at new interfaith compound in Abu Dhabi
By Jewish News
Then-US president Donald Trump, center, is flanked by then-ambassador to Israel David Friedman, left, and then-senior adviser Jared Kushner in the Oval Office on August 12, 2020. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
July 31, 2022, 11:17 pm
In new book, Kushner claims envoy Friedman went rogue to okay West Bank annexation
Top Trump aide says ‘my knuckles turned white’ as Netanyahu used peace plan rollout to promise sovereignty in settlements and Jordan Valley, did so thanks to Friedman’s assurances
By Jacob Magid
Avi Berkowitz, assistant to the president and special representative for international negotiations, left, and president Donald Trump's White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, look at each other during a press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, August 13, 2020 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
February 15, 2022, 1:29 am
Jared Kushner, Avi Berkowitz nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Abraham Accords
Lee Zeldin, one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress, sponsors the two Trump administration officials for work on normalization agreements between Israel and four Arab countries
By Ron Kampeas
Then-US president Donald Trump, center, is flanked by then-ambassador to Israel David Friedman, left, and then-senior adviser Jared Kushner in the Oval Office on August 12, 2020. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
February 10, 2022, 7:02 pm
In new book, Trump’s Israel envoy hammers 4 rocky years into a smooth path to peace
David Friedman’s memoir ‘Sledgehammer’ finds the former ambassador unsnarling years of broken diplomacy for a new Middle East, though others recall a less tidy narrative
By Jacob Magid
British Ambassador to the United Nations Karen Elizabeth Pierce listens to speakers during a meeting on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
January 1, 2022, 11:48 pm
UK warned it would recognize Palestine if Israel annexed West Bank, book reveals
Weeks before Netanyahu’s July 2020 target for controversial move, British envoy to US surprised American counterparts with threat, said it would lead to others following suit
By ToI Staff
Then-US president Donald Trump, right, looks over to then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 28, 2020, at which Trump unveiled his 'Peace to Prosperity' vision for an Israeli-Palestinian accord. (AP/Susan Walsh)
December 14, 2021, 12:31 am
‘What the hell was that?’: Netanyahu annexation announcement caught Trump off guard
Book tells of Jared Kushner’s fury at Israeli PM’s unexpected declaration, an exasperated Trump snapping, ‘If you want to do it, do it,’ and Netanyahu’s cold feet before UAE deal
By ToI Staff
(L-R) Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations Avi Berkowitz, Special Assistant to the President Alexa Henning, Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner and White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley walk out of the White House, May 8, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
May 5, 2021, 6:59 pm
Jared Kushner launches peace institute to advance Abraham Accords
New initiative will promote trade, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges between Israel and Arab countries; Israeli American entertainment mogul Haim Saban among founders
By Ron Kampeas
Avi Berkowitz, assistant to the president and special representative for international negotiations, left, and president Donald Trump's White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, look at each other during a press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, August 13, 2020 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
February 1, 2021, 8:52 am
Kushner, Berkowitz, Friedman and Dermer nominated for Nobel for Israel deals
Three Trump officials named by celebrity attorney Alan Dershowitz, along with Israel’s former US envoy, for roles in Abraham Accords on normalized ties
By ToI Staff
(Clockwise from top right) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould El-Ghzaouani and Indonesian President Joko Widodo. (Collage/AP)
January 19, 2021, 10:59 pm
Trump officials: Mauritania, Indonesia were next to normalize, but time ran out
US peace team was ‘weeks’ away from inking deal with northwest African country to re-establish ties with Israel, outgoing officials say, adding that Jakarta was not far behind
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner after planting an olive tree at the Jerusalem Grove of Nations on December 21, 2020. (Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO)
December 21, 2020, 8:06 pm
Kushner: Trump’s Jerusalem recognition led to ‘explosion of peace’ in region
White House senior adviser links president’s recognition of capital to subsequent normalization deals, recalling and dismissing criticism that move would inflame tensions
By Jacob Magid
US Presidential Adviser Jared Kushner (right) and Israeli National Security Council head Meir Ben-Shabbat at Abu Dhabi airport following the arrival of the first-ever direct Israeli flight to the UAE, on August 31, 2020. (KARIM SAHIB / AFP)
December 21, 2020, 11:02 am
US delegation set to arrive in Israel Monday ahead of 1st direct flight to Rabat
Team headed by Kushner and Berkowitz to land at Ben Gurion Airport before jetting off Tuesday for Morocco along with Israeli delegation to advance normalization deal
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat (L) and US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin disembark from a plane upon their arrival at the Bahraini International Airport on October 18, 2020. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/AFP)
December 15, 2020, 5:47 pm
US-Israeli delegation to take 1st direct flight from Tel Aviv to Rabat next week
Trump official says team headed by Kushner and Berkowitz will land in Israel Monday, jet off the next day for Morocco to advance recently announced normalization deal
By Raphael Ahren and Jacob Magid
FM Ashkenazi, right, welcomes Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 18, 2020 (Miri Shimonovich/MFA)
November 18, 2020, 2:45 pm
As Bahrain FM visits Israel, countries agree to open embassies by year’s end
Gulf kingdom’s Foreign Minister Al-Zayani compares his ‘historic’ one-day trip to Jerusalem with Anwar Sadat’s breakthrough visit to Israel in 1977
By Raphael Ahren
FM Ashkenazi, left, welcomes Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani to Israel, November 18, 2020 (Miri Shimonovich/MFA)
November 18, 2020, 6:53 am
Bahrain FM lands in Israel for first-ever ministerial visit from Gulf nation
Flying in on first Gulf Air flight to Tel Aviv, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani to participate in tripartite meeting with Netanyahu and US Secretary Pompeo
By Raphael Ahren
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