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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Negev Forum

From left, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, then-US president Donald Trump, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, sit during the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, September 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
September 15, 2024, 11:02 pm
Four years on, Abraham Accords are strained by Gaza war — but prove resilient
The visibility of ties with Bahrain, Morocco and the UAE has changed since Hamas’s attacks on October 7, but Israel’s newest Arab partners remain committed to strategic choice
By Lazar Berman
Bahrain’s Undersecretary for International Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa (Center) leads a meeting of the Negev Forum Steering Committee in Manama, Bahrain, June 27, 2022 (Bahrain Foreign Ministry)
August 29, 2023, 4:55 am
Arab diplomats: Israeli publication of Libya talks harms bid to reconvene Negev Forum
Diplomats tell ToI sides were in discussions to hold gathering in October, but FM’s revelation of sit-down with Libyan counterpart further damages trust in Netanyahu government
By Jacob Magid
Posters bearing the portraits of Israelis recently killed by Palestinian terrorists, with 'revenge' written underneath them in Hebrew, are plastered along the Tapuach junction bus station in the West Bank, guarded by Israeli soldiers, on June 25, 2023. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
June 28, 2023, 8:49 pm
Blinken: West Bank unrest makes Israel-Saudi deal much ‘tougher, if not impossible’
Warning is starkest yet from US, which had previously only acknowledged through anonymous officials that Israeli policies have ‘tainted’ normalization efforts
By Jacob Magid
Bahrain’s Undersecretary for International Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa (Center) leads a meeting of the Negev Forum Steering Committee in Manama, Bahrain, June 27, 2022 (Bahrain Foreign Ministry)
June 26, 2023, 10:48 pm
Delayed Negev Forum meet would have included 2 countries without ties to Israel – FM
Minister predicts in testimony to Knesset committee that the two unnamed countries will still attend, whenever the regional gathering ends up reconvening
By Jacob Magid
Negev Forum participants hold a meeting in Abu Dhabi on January 10, 2022. (UAE Foreign Affairs Ministry)
June 23, 2023, 7:03 pm
Morocco confirms US-Israel-Arab ministerial forum delayed, cites ‘political context’
Foreign minister says timing not right to move forward with second Negev Forum meeting of top diplomats, after officials told ToI postponement prompted by settlement boosts
By Jacob Magid
Friends and family attend the funeral of 21-year-old Israeli Harel Masood, who was killed in a terror attack near the Jewish settlement of Eli, in the cemetery in Yesodot, on June 20, 2023. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
June 21, 2023, 1:00 pm
Daily Briefing June 21: In grim repeat, deadly terror shooting spurs settler rioting
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian reports on Tuesday’s deadly shooting and its violent fallout; US bureau chief Jacob Magid on cancelation of Negev Forum meetup in Morocco
By ToI Staff
The Negev Forum steering committee poses for a photo in Abu Dhabi on January 10, 2022. (Foreign Ministry)
June 20, 2023, 8:37 pm
Morocco cancels next month’s Negev Forum over Israeli settlement announcements
Second ministerial meeting was supposed to take place in July after several delays; US official says West Bank expansion moves also ‘taint’ Saudi normalization effort
By Jacob Magid
Construction work is seen in the West Bank settlement of Yakir, on June 11, 2020. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
June 20, 2023, 5:25 am
UN chief ‘troubled, alarmed’ by Israeli decisions to beef up settlement building
Guterres says settlements driving violence, urges Jerusalem to halt expected approval of over 4,000 homes and reverse resolution handing Smotrich control of West Bank planning
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Pro-settlement activists march to the illegal Evyatar settlement outpost in the northern West Bank during Passover to demand it be repopulated, April 10, 2023. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
June 19, 2023, 4:39 am
‘An obstacle to peace’: US lambasts Israeli moves to expand West Bank settlements
State Department issues swift condemnation after Jerusalem announces it’ll green-light 4,500 settlement units, hand Smotrich more control over settlement policy
By Jacob Magid
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
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