Israel condemned the decision of the French government to implement European Commission directives on labeling Israeli products originating beyond the Green Line.
“I would love to be able to be the one that made peace with Israel and the Palestinians,” President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with The New York Times, adding that his son-in-law Jared Kushner, ‘’would be very good at it” and that “he knows the region.”
A new Israeli ambassador to Turkey has been appointed, a move that finalise the restoration of full diplomatic relations between the two countries following their downgrading in 2011.
Israel’s Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources Yuval Steinitz announced the first bid round that includes 24 areas for searching oil and natural gas in the economic water of Israel.
European countries are funding a network of NGOs with ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a recognized terrorist organization, according to a unique research report published by Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor.
This week, a five-Member Knesset Delegation, headed by Chair of the Knesset Delegation for relations with the European Union MK Ya’acov Perry, will visit the European Parliament in Brussels.
Officials and the media in Israel are assessing what Donald Trump’s election as the next Presient of the United States will mean for Israel and the region.
