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Negev Forum

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , right, converses with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana during a Likud faction meeting on February 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 5, 2023, 2:03 pm
Knesset speaker Amir Ohana set to visit Morocco’s parliament this week
Ohana to meet counterpart in Rabat on 1st official visit by head of Israeli legislature to Muslim country’s parliament; Israel waiting for kingdom to set date for next Negev Summit
By Lazar Berman
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) is greeted by Foreign Minister Eli Cohen at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, January 30, 2023. (Sivan Shahor/GPO)
May 16, 2023, 4:40 pm
After US request, Jerusalem may change name of Negev Forum to make it less Israeli
Washington passes along Arab wish; Foreign Ministry weighing new titles in possible attempt to bring Jordan into the fold
By Lazar Berman
The Atlantic Council's N7 Initiative senior director Will Wechsler addresses a gathering of the program in Abu Dhabi on March 14, 2023. (Courtesy)
March 21, 2023, 8:44 pm
As Israel-Arab ties chill, one regional cooperation confab avoids chopping block
Experts, private sector executives from Israel, West Bank and nearly a dozen Muslim countries meet in Abu Dhabi to discuss joint ventures in field of food and water security
By Jacob Magid
Then-Settlement Affairs Minister Tzachi Hanegbi in Gush Etzion in the West Bank, December 24, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
February 23, 2023, 1:43 pm
With Negev Summit planning on hold, Hanegbi said to be headed to UAE
Second confab, meant to be in Morocco in March, now up in the air amid violence between Israel and Palestinians
By Lazar Berman
Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir at a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 16, 2023, 5:01 pm
Invites for Netanyahu to visit US, UAE on hold as discomfort with government grows
Negev Forum summit in Morocco also in limbo as regional capitals wait to see how Ramadan will pan out, though few are optimistic following latest settlement expansion announcements
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a vote in the Knesset on February 15, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 16, 2023, 12:58 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 16: No invites abroad for PM; is Israel earthquake-ready?
US correspondent Jacob Magid discusses why Netanyahu isn’t heading to the US or UAE; real estate writer Danielle Nagler on construction reinforcement plans, and Jerusalem art
By ToI Staff
Negev Forum particapants hold a meeting in Abu Dhabi on January 10, 2022. (UAE Foreign Affairs Ministry)
January 10, 2023, 10:18 pm
As Negev Forum confab wraps, officials vague on plans for joint projects
After largest meeting between Israel and regional partners since 1991, delegations expected to confer with capitals regarding proposals for initiatives harnessing normalization
By Jacob Magid
The steering committee of the Negev Forum meets in Abu Dhabi, January 9, 2023 (UAE Foreign Ministry)
January 9, 2023, 3:27 pm
Israel, most Arab partners meet in UAE to prepare for Negev Forum summit in Morocco
Over 20 Israeli officials join delegation led by Foreign Ministry Director Alon Ushpiz for Abu Dhabi gathering of Abraham Accords countries, Egypt and US; Jordan stays away again
By Lazar Berman
Closing their talks at the Negev Summit, (from left) Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, and United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, March 28, 2022, in Sde Boker, Israel. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
January 8, 2023, 4:02 pm
US laments Jordan’s absence from Negev Forum, aims to keep Palestinians in loop
As teams from Israel, Arab allies meet in UAE this week, senior US official says Arab states will be keeping eye on policies of new hardline Israeli government
By Jacob Magid
(L) Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert, (C) Israel’s Foreign Ministry Director-General Alon Ushpiz and (R) Bahrain’s Undersecretary for International Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa at the Negev Summit follow-up in Bahrain, June 27, 2022 (Foreign Ministry)
January 6, 2023, 2:51 pm
Negev Forum steering committee to meet in UAE to prepare next summit
Over 20 senior Israeli officials set to join delegation to Abu Dhabi led by Foreign Ministry Director Alon Ushpiz
By Lazar Berman
Closing their talks at the Negev Summit, (from left) Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, and United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, March 28, 2022, in Sde Boker, Israel. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
December 20, 2022, 9:56 pm
US says Israel, Arab countries to reconvene in early 2023 for Negev Forum
White House official doesn’t specify if gathering will be for working groups or for ministers, says steps taken by incoming right-wing government will impact initiative’s success
By AFP and Jacob Magid
FILE PHOTO: Then leader of the Israeli Labour party, current President of Israel Isaac Herzog meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah. December 1, 2013. (Issam Rimawi/FLASH90)
October 26, 2022, 12:52 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 26 – Tale of 2 presidents: Herzog visits DC as Abbas decries US
US correspondent Jacob Magid on chances of Jordan joining the Negev Forum; legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on how two right-wing camps have starkly different ideas of judicial reform
By ToI Staff
Senior diplomats from Israel, the US, and regional Arab allies pose for pictures at their Negev Summit follow-up meeting in Bahrain, June 27, 2022 (Foreign Ministry)
October 20, 2022, 12:50 pm
As Israeli-Arab Negev Forum prepares to reconvene, members try to bring in Jordan
Senior Israeli official optimistic Amman will be at table when UAE hosts working groups next month and Morocco hosts ministers in January, but Knesset elections present a curveball
By Jacob Magid
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