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World leaders descend on UAE to pay respects to late ruler

An array of presidents and prime ministers were descending on the United Arab Emirates from around the world to pay their respects to the federation’s late ruler and greet his successor, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

World leaders descend on UAE to pay respects to late ruler

An array of presidents and prime ministers continued to descend on the United Arab Emirates Sunday from around the world to pay their respects to the federation's late ruler. The first Western leader to jet to the oil-rich emirate was French President Emmanuel Macron. A high-profile American delegation led by Vice President Kamala Harris is due to visit the UAE on Monday, a bid to ease tensions and show support as relations between the countries have strained under President Joe Biden.

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Arab gas station, store owners say city resuming ‘unfair’ closures for unrelated crimes

Arab business owners say they’re being unfairly targeted and closed by city agencies when violent crime happens near their shops and gas stations, even when the crime is totally unrelated.

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Israeli PM's government limps into new parliament session

The government of Israel’s embattled prime minister is limping into the opening of parliament’s summer session on the verge of collapse

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Michigan’s first Arab-American solicitor general wins historic SCOTUS argument

Last year, Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud made history as the first Arab-American Muslim woman to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court. Today, the Attorney General’s office announced that Hammoud won her case in a 6-3 opinion by the Justices in favor of the State of Michigan. The case centers on Brown v. Davenport, a 2007 case in which Ervine Davenport was convicted of murder in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court. Hammoud went before SCOTUS to argue on behalf of the state last October. “My only hope was to do Michigan proud by honoring my oath and representing the people of this great state,” Hammoud said.

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No war, no retreat: Mideast foes resume risky balancing act

Days of violence in Jerusalem and an exchange of fire in Gaza overnight have raised the possibility that Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers will once again go to war, as they did less than a year ago under similar circumstances. This time around, both Israel and Hamas have strong incentives to avoid all-out war. “At this stage it’s political theater in which everybody is playing his part,” said Gideon Rahat, a senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, a local think tank.

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Arab-Israeli Summit Masks Stalled Diplomatic Progress

The gathering in the Negev desert was historic, but it also underscored the failure to bring other Middle East nations into the Abraham Accords.

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Israelis Feeling 'Insecure' After Fifth Terror Attack In Two Weeks

Outside of the war, this is the deadliest wave of violence Israel has seen in years, with five more civilians killed Wednesday.

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Israelis Feeling 'Insecure' After 5th Terror Attack In 2 Weeks

Outside of the war, this is the deadliest wave of violence Israel has seen in years, with five more civilians killed Wednesday.

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Israelis say gunman who killed 5 was West Bank Palestinian

Israeli police say the attacker who used an assault rifle to methodically gun down victims from a motorcycle in a central Israeli city was a Palestinian

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Gunman kills 5 Israelis in shooting rampage near Tel Aviv

The shooting spree Tuesday night appeared to be the latest in a recent string of deadly attacks.

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5 killed in mass shooting in central Israel

The shooter was killed by police.

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Gunman kills 4 in mass shooting spree in central Israel

A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire in a crowded city in central Israel late Tuesday, killing at least four people in the second mass shooting rampage this week. The shooter was killed by police.

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Gunman kills 5 in mass shooting spree in central Israel

A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire in a crowded city in central Israel late Tuesday, gunning down victims as he killed at least five people in the second mass shooting rampage this week.

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Israel defense chief, Jordan's king discuss Ramadan calm

Israel’s defense minister has met with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman and they discussed maintaining calm in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins in April

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Palestinian gunman kills 5 in 3rd attack in Israel in a week

Israeli officials say at least five people have been killed by a gunman who opened fire in a crowded city in central Israel.

U.S., Israel and Arab states to expand cooperation in unprecedented meeting

While unprecedented, the meeting came amid a growing list of tensions between the Washington and its Middle East allies, including the the Iran nuclear deal, tensions between Israelis and Palestinians and a lackluster response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from Arab and Israeli partners.

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IS claims killing of 2 in Israel, 2nd rampage in a week

The militant Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a shooting in central Israel that police say killed two people and wounded four.

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IS claims killing of 2 in Israel, 2nd rampage in a week

The militant Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday after a pair of Arab gunmen killed two people and wounded four in central Israel before they were killed by police. The two killed in the Sunday night attack in the city of Hadera were Israeli police officers, authorities said. It was the second deadly attack carried out by Arab assailants in an Israeli city in less than a week ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

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Gunmen kill 2 in central Israel attack, Israeli police say

Israeli authorities say a pair of gunmen have killed two people and wounded four others in a shooting spree in central Israel, before they were killed by police.

A knife-wielding man killed 4 Israelis in Beersheba, police say

Police said the attacker careened his car into a cyclist and stabbed five people in the city center. Amateur video appeared to show armed bystanders shooting and killing the attacker at the scene.

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Police: 4 Israelis killed in stabbing attack, suspect shot

Israeli police say a knife-wielding Arab man has killed four people and seriously wounded two others in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.

'Harrowing figures': Yemen report says 161K to face famine

More than a dozen U.N. agencies and international aid groups say that 161,000 people in war-torn Yemen are likely to experience famine over the second half of 2022

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Israel renews law to keep out Palestinian spouses

Israel’s parliament has renewed a temporary law dating back to 2003 that bars Israeli citizens from extending citizenship or even residency to Palestinian spouses from the occupied West Bank and Gaza

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Arab party leader in Israel rejects 'apartheid' label

The head of an Arab party in Israel who made history last year by joining the governing coalition said Thursday he would not use the word “apartheid” to describe relations between Jews and Arabs within the country. Amnesty International last week joined two other well-known human rights groups in saying that Israel's policies toward the Palestinians within its borders and in the occupied territories amounts to apartheid. Israel rejects those allegations as antisemitic, saying that, among other things, they ignore the rights and freedoms enjoyed by its Arab citizens.

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Israel hits Syrian targets after anti-aircraft missile fire

The Israeli military said it attacked targets in Syria shortly after an anti-aircraft missile was fired from the Arab country into northern Israel early Wednesday. The Syrian rocket exploded in the air and was not intercepted by Israeli air defenses, but it activated warning sirens in northern Israel. In a statement, the Israeli army said it struck Syrian facilities used in targeting Israeli aircraft, including a radar and anti-aircraft batteries.

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Stung by prison battle, Kurds say they need help against IS

The battle with Islamic State group militants over a prison in Syria is finished, but the impact continues to reverberate

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First Arabic Netflix film tackles taboos, sparks controversy

An Egyptian wife discreetly slips off her black, lacy underwear from under her clothes before heading out for dinner, and it’s not her husband she’s trying to tantalize. The scenes in the first Arabic Netflix movie have sparked a public drama as intense as the one that plays out onscreen. On social media and TV talk shows and among friends in Egypt and other Middle East countries, a torrent of critics have denounced the film as a threat to family and religious values, encouraging homosexuality and unfit for Arab societies.

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Israel’s Military Can Afford To Be Choosier

Universal conscription is part of Israel’s founding mythology. But changes in the security landscape mean it’s no longer necessary.

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Yemen gov't forces sweep through Marib in setback for rebels

Yemeni officials say forces of the internationally recognized government and their United Arab Emirates-backed allies have swept through the strategic central province of Marib

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Gaza's Hamas rulers play down pro-Iran demonstration

The Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers on Sunday tried to distance themselves from a protest staged by a pro-Iranian militant group that harshly attacked Saudi Arabia over its role in Yemen’s civil war. During Saturday’s demonstration by Islamic Jihad, dozens of protesters chanted “Death to the House of Saud” and waved posters of the leader of Yemen’s Houthi militia. Although Hamas did not participate in the protest, it tightly controls Gaza and authorizes all public gatherings.

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Arab leader's gamble to play kingmaker in Israel is paying off

Mansour Abbas broke a longstanding taboo when he led his Arab party into Israel's governing coalition last year.

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Trailblazing Arab lawmaker shakes up Israeli politics

Arab politician Mansour Abbas broke a longstanding taboo when he joined Israel’s governing coalition last year

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Trailblazing Arab lawmaker shakes up Israeli politics

Mansour Abbas broke a longstanding taboo when he led his Arab party into Israel's governing coalition last year. Abbas, a once obscure politician, is the linchpin of the shaky union, securing hefty budgets and favorable policies for his constituents and even winning an audience with the king of Jordan. “We are equal partners the whole way, part of the coalition, for the first time in the state of Israel,” Abbas recently told the Israeli news site Ynet.

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Live stream: Dearborn swears in its first Arab-American mayor

Watch live as the city of Dearborn swears in its first Arab-American mayor Abdullah Hammoud.

Israel moves to resolve crisis after Bedouins protest

Israel’s fragile governing coalition has moved to resolve a crisis over tree-planting on disputed land in the Negev desert.

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Israel's national library sees Arabic site traffic boom

The National Library of Israel says the number of visitors to its Arabic website more than doubled over the course of 2021, thanks to the digitization of its Arabic manuscripts and archives and an extensive outreach program in recent years

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Israel's national library sees Arabic site traffic boom

Israel's national library says the number of visitors to its Arabic website more than doubled last year, driven by a growing collection of digitized materials and an aggressive outreach campaign to the Arab world. Around 650,000 users, predominantly from the Palestinian territories, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Algeria, visited the National Library of Israel's English and Arabic sites in 2021, said library spokesman Zack Rothbart. One of the most heavily trafficked resources on the Arabic website is a newspaper archive with more than 200,000 pages of Arabic publications from Ottoman and British Mandate Palestine, said Raquel Ukeles, head of the library’s collections.

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Group: Death toll in latest Darfur tribal clashes now at 88

A Sudanese medical group says the death toll from weekend tribal clashes in Darfur has climbed to at least 88 people

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Water and Renewables Are Remaking the Middle East

Practical cooperation is gradually replacing the old narrative of Israeli-Arab relations.

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Sweden elected its first female leader. She resigned hours later.

Magdalena Andersson's resignation came after her center-left Swedish Green party quit the newly formed government following the passage of a budget bill backed by three right-wing parties.

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Arab outreach to Assad raises Syrian hopes of a return to the fold

Arab countries seem reconciled to Assad’s survival, but normalization and investments in Syria could be a long way off.

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UAE FM visit signals Arab world willing to engage with Syria

The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates has met with Syria’s once widely shunned president in Damascus, sending the strongest signal yet that the Arab world is willing to re-engage with strongman Bashar Assad.

Dearborn’s First Arab-American Mayor Has A Message For Its Youth: ‘Be Proud Of Your Name’

Newly-elected Dearborn mayor, Abdullah Hammoud, says he is ready to get to work and immediately begin tackling issues that affect his city, including climate change.

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Arab world's legendary singer, Sabah Fakhri, dies at 88

Syria’s government says Sabah Fakhri, one of the Arab world’s most famous singers, has died at the age of 88

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Arab world's legendary singer, Sabah Fakhri, dies at 88

Syria's government says Sabah Fakhri, one of the Arab world’s most famous singers, has died at the age of 88.

Lebanon's oldest English-language daily folds amid crisis

Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper has folded following a years-long financial struggle.

Behind power grabs in Sudan and Tunisia, the shadow of Gulf monarchies

A trio of Arab autocracies — Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE — find themselves on the winning side of recent anti-democratic power plays.

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What Joe Biden Could Learn From Henry Kissinger

The United States cannot afford to withdraw from the world.

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Biden administration hosts Israel and UAE in move to build on Abraham Accords

The Biden administration tries to build on accords between Israel and a few Arab or Muslim nations as Blinken hosts officials from Israel and the UAE.

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Ransomed and beaten: Migrants face abuse in Libyan detention

Migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea have told The Associated Press they were tortured and their families extorted for ransoms while they were held in Libya’s government detention centers

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Op-Ed: Did the vandals who scrawled an anti-Israel slogan in UCLA’s Bunche Hall know the history?

Bunche Hall's namesake, Angeleno and UCLA grad Ralph J. Bunche, was the first Black person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize, for bringing about an armistice in Palestine.

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America’s Arab Allies Are Warming to Syria’s Dictator

Biden should be clear that there will be consequences for any state that moves toward normalizing relations with Assad.

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Israel enlists army, security agency to halt Arab crime wave

The Israeli government on Sunday said it was enlisting the military and the Shin Bet internal security agency as it tries to rein in a wave of violence in the country's Arab sector. The Arab minority, which makes up around 20% of Israel’s population, has been convulsed by violent crime in recent years, with a murder rate that far exceeds its share of the population. Israeli officials have touted a number of initiatives in recent years, including larger budgets for law enforcement in Arab communities.

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The untold story of why Palestinians are divided

Palestinian political disunity is tied to the fact that the issue of representation in Palestinian society has always been an outcome of one party.

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'We Wrote in Symbols,' edited by Selma Dabbagh book review

Edited by Palestinian British writer Selma Dabbagh, this compilation brings together 101 works from more than 70 female writers.

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Iraq brings together Mideast rivals in bid to ease tensions

Arab heads of state and senior officials from the region including archenemies Iran and Saudi Arabia are meeting at a conference hosted by Iraq.

Iraq brings together Mideast rivals in bid to ease tensions

Arab heads of state and senior officials from the region including archenemies Iran and Saudi Arabia held a rare meeting Saturday at a conference hosted by Iraq. The meeting is aimed at easing Mideast tensions and underscored the Arab country’s new role as mediator. French President Emmanuel Macron also attended the Baghdad meeting, hailing it as a major boost for Iraq and its leadership.

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Sudoku: Maki Kaji, puzzle enthusiast, dies aged 69

The Japanese puzzle enthusiast helped popularise the number game, leading to its global success.

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Sweet summer corn and creamy labneh team up in this sumac-spiced spread

Fresh corn kernels make an unlikely but lovely counter to labneh in this simple spread.

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The Senate Has Confirmed The First Woman Of Arab And Mexican Descent To Direct US Citizenship and Immigration Services

The agency is integral to the immigration system, but hasn’t had a Senate-confirmed leader in more than two years.View Entire Post ›

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Israel blocks law that keeps out Palestinian spouses

Israel’s parliament has not renewed a temporary law first enacted in 2003 that bars Arab citizens of Israel from extending citizenship or even residency to spouses from the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

Israel looks to renew law that keeps out Palestinian spouses

Israel’s parliament is to vote on whether to renew a temporary law first enacted in 2003 that bars Arab citizens of Israel from extending citizenship or even residency permits to spouses from the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

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Biden embraces a Trump policy in backing Arab-Israeli deals

The Biden administration is laying the groundwork for a renewed push to encourage more Arab countries to sign accords with Israel, and working to strengthen existing deals.

Biden embraces a Trump policy in backing Arab-Israeli deals

The Biden administration is laying the groundwork for a renewed push to encourage more Arab countries to sign accords with Israel, and working to strengthen existing deals.

No longer silent, Gulf Arab citizens express anger at Israel

The ongoing bloodshed in the Gaza Strip has unleashed a chorus of voices across Gulf Arab states that are fiercely critical of Israel and emphatically supportive of Palestinians.

As ethnic violence rocks Israel, Arabs cite deep grievances

As rockets from Gaza streaked overhead, Arabs and Jews fought each other on the streets below.

How a Dearborn judge broke barriers while raising a family

Judge Charlene Elder said there’s no magic formula for juggling a career and raising a family.

Dearborn woman co-founds press company for aspiring artists

“It’s important for us to get our stories out there and to control our own narratives,” Krisht said. “And the more we have people doing that and sharing those stories, the better.”

Wayne County judge hopes to inspire younger generation of Arab American women

A Wayne County judge hopes to inspire a younger generation of Arab American women and she’s leading by example.

Biden administration quietly ramping up aid to Palestinians

(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is quietly ramping up assistance to the Palestinians after former President Donald Trump cut off nearly all aid. AdIn general, the administration supports a resumption in aid to the Palestinians, State Department spokesman Ned Price said. Such payments were one reason the Trump administration cut off aid. The GAO based its findings on a review of aid provided to the Palestinians between 2015 and 2019, when Trump severed most of the aid. Soon after President Joe Biden was inaugurated on Jan. 20, his administration announced that it would restore relations with the Palestinians and renew aid as key elements of support for a two-state solution to the conflict.

Final results confirm political deadlock after Israeli vote

(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)JERUSALEM – Final election results on Thursday showed Israel in political deadlock once again, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents falling short of a governing majority. Tuesday’s vote, Israel’s fourth parliamentary elections in two years, was widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu’s fitness to rule while on trial for corruption. A right-wing party led by former Netanyahu ally Naftali Bennett won seven seats and an Arab Islamist party led by Mansour Abbas won four. Israelis vote for party lists rather than candidates in a system that often gives outsized power to small, sectarian factions. Despite the charges against him, Netanyahu’s Likud party received around a quarter of the votes, making it the largest party in parliament.

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France to speed up opening of secret archives on Algeria War

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a decision to speed up the declassification of secret documents related to Algeria's seven-year war of independence from 1954 to 1962. (AP Photo, File)PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron announced a decision Tuesday to speed up the declassification of secret documents related to Algeria’s 1954-62 war of independence from France. This includes archives related to Algeria War, the statement said. Broadening the opening of archives on the war was part of Macron’s commitments to reckon with France’s colonial-era wrongs in Algeria. AdMacron also plans to attend three commemoration ceremonies by next year, which will mark the 60th anniversary of the end of Algeria's war for independence.

US: Human rights will be 'central' to relations with Egypt

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Tuesday told Egypt that human rights will be “central” to its policy in dealing with the key Arab state and major American partner in the Middle East. It was not immediately clear how the new emphasis on human rights would manifest itself. The Trump administration had largely given Egypt's leadership a pass on human rights. Ad“The secretary raised concerns over human rights, which he emphasized would be central to the U.S.-Egypt bilateral relationship, and Egypt’s potential procurement of Su-35 fighter aircraft from Russia,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. However, rights groups accused authorities of targeting families of activists and rights defenders living abroad, in an apparent attempt to intimidate critics.

Gulf Arab leaders sign declaration to ease rift with Qatar

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan told reporters after the summit that diplomatic relations would be restored in full with Qatar, although no time frame was given. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are primarily concerned about Qatar’s ties with Iran. The rift between Abu Dhabi and Doha has been deepest, with the UAE and Qatar at sharp ideological odds. Egypt’s foreign minister also attended the meeting of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, which comprises Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar. Qatar's only land border with Saudi Arabia, which it relied on for the import of dairy products, construction materials and other goods, has been mostly closed since June 2017.

Israel, Morocco to normalize ties; US shifts W Sahara policy

Trump has announced that Israel and Morocco will normalize relations in the latest achievement of his administration's press to push Arab-Israeli peace. “It is thus fitting we recognize their sovereignty over the Western Sahara,” Trump said. Kushner said the dispute over Western Sahara was an anachronism that needed to be addressed by a bold move. U.S. backing for Morocco's Western Sahara claim has long been a rumored, but unconfirmed, bargaining chip in talk about diplomatic ties. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the Israel-Morocco agreement but reserved judgment on the Western Sahara, according to a spokesman.

4 Arab American orgs partner for first Arab Film Fest Collab this December

Four Arab American organizations are partnering for the inaugural Arab Film Fest Collab (AFFC) later this year. The Arab American National Museum (AANM), Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI), ArteEast and Mizna collectively present the Arab Film Fest Collab December 3–13, 2020. Other featured films include In Vitro (2019) by Palestinian artist and filmmaker Larissa Sansour. Languages represented in the films include Arabic, French, Somali and English, and every non-English offering is subtitled in English. To learn more about the Film Fest, sponsorship opportunities, and to sign up for updates, visit arabfilmfestcollab.org

Trump: Sudan to join UAE, Bahrain in recognizing Israel

In exchange, Trump notified Congress on Friday of his intent to remove Sudan from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. Previously, the Trump administration engineered diplomatic pacts between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain — the first since Jordan recognized Israel in the 1990s and Egypt in the 1970s. “This is one of the great days in the history of Sudan,” Trump said, adding that Israel and Sudan have been in a state of hostilities for decades, even if they had not been in direct conflict. “Today, Khartoum is saying yes to peace with Israel, yes to recognition of Israel and yes to normalization with Israel," Netanyahu said. "This is a new era, an era of true peace — peace that is proceeding and widening with additional Arab countries.

Israel, Bahrain sign deal establishing formal ties

(Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)JERUSALEM – Israel and Bahrain on Sunday agreed to establish formal diplomatic relations, making the small Gulf country the fourth Arab state to normalize ties with Israel. While the UAE’s deal with Israel formally established ties, the agreement with Bahrain was less detailed and included a mutual pledge to follow suit. “Today we made the first formal step in bringing closer ties between the countries,” Ben-Shabbat said. Egypt and Jordan are the only other two Arab states to sign diplomatic treaties with Israel, in 1979 and 1994, respectively. Other Arab countries could follow suit, with analysts and insiders pointing to Sudan, Oman and Morocco as possibilities.

The Latest: Mali notable in its absence from UN meeting

As late as last week, the United Nations still listed the deposed president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, as an upcoming speaker. But the final countries addressed the U.N. gathering on Tuesday afternoon with no word from Mali. Before this latest coup, extremists were moving south into more densely populated areas, adding to the frustrations that fed massive protests in the weeks ahead of the coup. He delivered a prerecorded address Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly’s annual meeting of global leaders, being held virtually this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Emirati foreign minister also warned against what he said were “the expansionist ambitions of some countries in the region."

UAE: Iran's aggressive policies made Arabs look at Israel

But its actions had an impact in the region, he said, though he wouldn’t speculate on whether other Arab countries would follow the UAE and Bahrain in establishing relations with Israel. “The only thing I want to say is the more strategic the Israelis look at these relationships, the more doors will open to them,” Gargash said. Looking back at the UAE's decision to normalize relations with Israel, Gargash said the government decided it was strategically good for the country, “and will make the UAE more of a global presence." But the Arab world and the region remain polarized, Gargash said, though “I would like to say we haven’t lost a single friend.”The UAE minister called the Iranian reaction “very alarming." ___Edith M. Lederer, chief U.N. correspondent for The Associated Press, has been covering world affairs for nearly a half-century.

Netanyahu says UAE deal signals end to 'land for peace'

Israel and the UAE announced Thursday they were establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal that required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex occupied West Bank land sought by the Palestinians. Netanyahu has insisted the annexation plans are only on temporary hold at the request of the United States. Netanyahu also reiterated Sunday his interpretation of the UAE deal: that annexation was only being suspended and that it was still on the table, so long as it was done in coordination with Washington. UAE officials have indicated that the deal means annexation has been shelved entirely. After President Donald Trump released his Mideast plan earlier this year, which was favorable to Israel, Netanyahu said he would forge ahead with annexing parts of the West Bank.

Iran threatens 'dangerous future' for UAE after Israel deal

TEHRAN Irans powerful Revolutionary Guard vowed Saturday there would be dangerous consequences for the United Arab Emirates after it announced a historic deal with Israel to open up diplomatic relations. The UAE is the first Gulf Arab state to do so and only the third Arab nation to establish normalized relations with Israel, Iran's regional archenemy. The Guard warned that the deal with Israel will set back American influence in the Middle East, and bring a dangerous future" for the Emirati government. In a televised speech Saturday, he warned that the United Arab Emirates has made a huge mistake in reaching a deal toward normalizing ties with Israel. Israel has quietly cultivated ties with the UAE and other Gulf countries for several years as they have confronted a shared enemy in Iran.

Arab Israeli diplomat says security guards choked him

The incident trained a spotlight on the ongoing struggles of Israel's Arab citizens, a large minority that makes up about 20% of the population. But what happened after that, he said, was a series of mistakes by security guards unlike anything he had seen before. He also said he understands that Israeli security guards have a job to do. But he said there is an extreme minority of security guards who behave like Rambos, especially when dealing with Arabs. The incident began after the security guard requested from Khaldi to show his ID, according to security rules and regulations, Rosenfeld said.

Saudi Arabia, Yemens Houthi rebels in indirect peace talks

Saudi Arabia and Yemens Iran-backed rebels are holding indirect, behind-the-scenes talks to end the impoverished Arab countrys devastating five-year war. Officials from both sides have told The Associated Press that the negotiations are taking place with Oman, which borders both Yemen and Saudi Arabia, as mediator. Thats according to Gamal Amer, a negotiator for the Yemeni rebels known as Houthis. They have also talked through European intermediaries, according to three Houthi officials. The Saudi-led military coalition, which entered the war in 2015, is fighting on behalf of Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and his internationally recognized government.

Saudi bus crash kills 35 in holy city of Medina

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(CNN) - A bus crash in the Saudi city of Medina killed 35 foreigners and wounded four others on Wednesday evening, a police spokesman cited by the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said. The privately chartered bus collided with a heavy vehicle, the Medina police spokesman said. The Prophet Mohammed's mosque is in Medina, making it the second-holiest site in Islam after Mecca. The injured have been transferred to al-Hamna Hospital and authorities are investigating the cause of the collision, according to SPA. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.

Iran says it seized foreign oil tanker in Gulf for smuggling fuel

CNN Video(CNN) - Iran said Sunday that it had seized a foreign oil tanker that it claimed was smuggling fuel to Arab states, the latest maritime interception in recent weeks. Iran's state media Press TV said the vessel had seven crew members and was carrying 700,000 liters of fuel, or about 4,500 barrels. Ramadan Zirahi, commander of that naval unit, told ISNA that the vessel carrying the "seized smuggled fuel" was transferred to Bushehr and that the fuel was delivered to the National Oil Distribution Company of Bushehr in coordination with the judiciary. Iran has released nine of the 12 Indian crew members who were on board the Panamanian-flagged tanker that it seized after claiming the vessel was carrying 1 million liters of smuggled fuel. Iran has granted consular access to 18 Indian crew members of the seized British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero.

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