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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 566

Sultan Qaboos bin Said

This image made from video shows Oman's new sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, taking part in a cannon-fire salute outside the Royal Family Council in Muscat, Oman, January 11, 2020. (Oman TV via AP)
August 14, 2020, 1:18 pm
Oman, also enjoying warming ties with Israel, backs Israel-UAE normalization
Sultanate, which could reportedly be the next Gulf country to sign historic deal with Jewish state, says it hopes move will help achieve Middle East peace
By ToI Staff and AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (SL), acompanied by his wife Sara, is greeted by Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy)
February 26, 2020, 9:41 am
Breaking protocol, Sara Netanyahu insisted on traveling to Oman with PM – report
‘Embarrassed’ Mossad officials were sent to tell Omani officials that Netanyahu was in ‘sensitive situation’ due to wife’s ‘special temperament,’ report says
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman in the Gulf state on October 26, 2018. (Courtesy)
February 2, 2020, 9:48 pm
TV report: Oman sought to broker Israel-Iran talks in 2013; Netanyahu said no
Muscat felt Israel would benefit from dialogue, as US was already in secret talks that led to 2015 nuke deal, Channel 13 reports; Mossad chief Pardo thought idea worth considering
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (Flash90, Said Khatib/AFP)
January 12, 2020, 4:12 pm
PA, Hamas heads visit Oman to pay respects following monarch’s death
Newly appointed Sultan Haitham bin Tariq welcomes Arab leaders and UK’s Prince Charles
By Adam Rasgon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman in the Gulf state on October 26, 2018. (Courtesy)
January 11, 2020, 7:06 pm
Netanyahu hails Oman’s ‘incredible leader’ Qaboos, welcomes successor
PM recalls his ‘important and stirring visit’ to the country in 2018; sultan was first Gulf leader to host a serving Israeli PM — Yitzhak Rabin, in 1994
By ToI Staff and AFP
View of the seafront in Muscat, Oman, Feb. 12, 2010.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
January 11, 2020, 4:16 pm
Oman: The discreet Gulf mediator
Western and Arab diplomats see the sultanate as a model of balance on regional issues, and nations have repeatedly turned to it to resolve thorny matters
By ToI Staff and Agencies
This image made from video shows Oman's new sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, makes his first speech in front of the Royal Family Council in Muscat, Oman, January 11, 2020. (Oman TV via AP)
January 11, 2020, 10:44 am
Oman’s culture minister named as successor to Qaboos, promises peaceful approach
Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, who has held various important diplomatic roles, to take over as the Gulf state’s ruler; thousands attend funeral of late sultan
By Agencies
Oman's Sultan Qaboos Bin Said is pictured during a cabinet meeting at the royal palace in Muscat, Oman, November 1, 2015. (Stringer/AFP)
January 11, 2020, 5:26 am
New Oman ruler to be chosen by agreement, or secret letter
Longtime monarch Sultan Qaboos bin Said dies with no apparent heir, leaving some 80 legitimate candidates for the throne
By AFP
Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said sits during a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Beit Al Baraka Royal Palace in Muscat, Oman, January 14, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)
January 11, 2020, 3:09 am
Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who modernized Oman and welcomed Israel ties, dies at 79
Omani leader succumbs to illness after nearly 50 years in power; the reclusive ruler hosted Netanyahu in dramatic 2018 Muscat visit and helped broker 2015 Iran nuclear deal
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Omani Ambassador to Jordan Khamis bin Mohammed al-Faris embracing each other in Ramallah on August 6, 2019. (Credit: Wafa)
August 7, 2019, 2:18 pm
Abbas meets with Omani delegation on opening West Bank diplomatic mission
PA president affirms importance of Muscat having a representative office for the Palestinians, says it will strengthen bilateral ties
By Adam Rasgon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy)
April 19, 2019, 12:37 pm
Netanyahu in Passover message: Israel now admired by ‘the Arab and Muslim world’
In video marking festival of freedom, prime minister says he’s ‘persistently and systematically turning Israel into a rising global power’
By ToI Staff
Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah attends the 2019 World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa, at the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea in Jordan on April 6, 2019. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
April 7, 2019, 4:52 pm
Omani FM to Times of Israel: US peace plan will fail without a Palestinian state
In his first-ever interview with an Israeli publication, Yusuf bin Alawi says the Arab states must make Israel ‘not feel that it has enemies in the region’
By Adam Rasgon
White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner at a conference on Peace and Security in the Middle East in Warsaw, Poland, on February 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
February 26, 2019, 2:02 pm
US officials discuss Israeli-Palestinian peace with Gulf leaders
Trump Mideast envoys traveling the region to drum up support for administration’s long-awaited proposal
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah enter a hall for talks in Moscow, Russia, February 18, 2019. (AP Photo/ Alexander Zemlianichenko)
February 18, 2019, 7:56 pm
No ‘normalization’ with Israel before Palestinian statehood, Omani FM says
Despite recent warming relations, Yusuf bin Alawi says two-state solution a precondition for full diplomatic ties
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reporters on the plane home from Poland in the early hours of February 15, 2019. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
February 15, 2019, 5:06 pm
War & peace, Polish offense, a broken plane: Crazy days with Netanyahu in Warsaw
‘Amazing’ things unfolded in Israeli-Arab ties during his three-day visit to Poland this week, the PM has said. Well, the trip has certainly been unforgettable
By Raphael Ahren
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