Middle East Experience

NASA administrators, Israeli and US officials to attend Wednesday’s virtual signing ceremony of space cooperation agreement that “paves the way to new worlds.”
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel to sign NASA-led international Artemis Accords

A decorated German soldier in World War I, Richard Stern opposed Nazism from within. After fleeing, he joined the US Army at age 43, and soon became a hero there, as well.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: This Jewish war hero protested the Nazis… then helped defeat them

The identity of the suspect is unknown, but video footage showed him to be a Person of Color wearing jeans and a t-shirt.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Crown Heights yeshiva student assaulted by unidentified assailant

There has been a 43% spike in the number of children considered suicidal who are undergoing psychological therapy through the education system, and are being treated by educational psychologists.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Poverty still rampant among Israeli children - report

Lebanon’s elite often acknowledge corruption exists. But they generally deny individual responsibility..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: World Bank blames Lebanon’s ruling class for economic meltdown

Herzog and his wife Michal will make history as the first Israeli presidential couple to visit the UAE.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel's President Isaac Herzog to visit UAE next week

Israel's top diplomat said on Tuesday it hopes to build on its 2020 US-brokered accords with four Muslim nations and establish diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, but such deals would take time.Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest two sites, and Indonesia, which has the world's largest Muslim population, have conditioned any eventual normalisation with Israel on the addressing of the Palestinians' quest for statehood on territory captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.On Army Radio, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Israel is looking to “expand the Abraham Accords to additional countries” beyond the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.“If you're asking me what the important countries that we're looking at are, Indonesia is one of them, Saudi Arabia of course, but these things take time,” he said.Lapid added that “smaller countries” he did not identify could normalise relations with Israel in the coming two years.Israel's President Isaac Herzog said on Tuesday he would visit the United Arab Emirates, the first country to normalise ties with Israel as part of the Abraham Accords, on Jan. 30-31, and meet with its leaders.Despite the absence of official ties, Saudi Arabia agreed in 2020 to allow Israel-UAE flights to cross its territory. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's El Al Israel Airlines plane flew through Saudi airspace when he visited Abu Dhabi last month.Both Saudi Arabia and Indonesia condemned Israel's air strikes in Gaza during 11 days of hostilities with Palestinian militants in May 2021. More than 250 Palestinians were killed in Gaza. Rockets fired by Hamas and other militant groups killed 13 people in Israel.Read more: Saudi Arabia has always envisioned normalization with Israel would happen: FM Being tougher on Iran is Biden’s key to Saudi Arabia-Israel normalization: Pompeo
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Israel says it hopes for ties with Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, but no deals imminent

Move comes despite European court of human rights injunction saying that it should be postponed..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Serbia extradites Bahraini dissident in cooperation with Interpol

A major general and colonel in Kuwait army would face prosecutors over their alleged misuse of public funds..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Kuwait pursues corruption charges in purchase of Eurofighter planes

Israel's President Isaac Herzog will make a historic visit to the UAE at the end of the month, his office said Tuesday, in the latest high-profile diplomatic trip since the countries normalised ties.Herzog's office said the president, who will travel with the first lady, will meet United Arab Emirates' Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan during the January 30-31 trip.“We have the privilege of making history by making the first visit of an Israeli president to the United Arab Emirates,” Herzog said in the statement, adding that the countries were “laying the foundations of a new shared future”.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Herzog is also scheduled to meet with the ruler of Dubai and senior government officials, and visit the Dubai Expo, his office said.The visit comes some 16 months after the wealthy UAE broke with decades of Arab consensus and forged diplomatic ties with Israel.The move was part of a series of US-brokered deals known as the Abraham Accords, pacts that have angered the Palestinians.Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made history last month when he became the first Israeli head of government to visit UAE, in a trip that partly focused on international talks on Iran's nuclear programme, a top Israeli security priority.Herzog, whose position is largely ceremonial, will be the first Israeli head of state to officially visit the UAE.He vowed “the bold new partnership” between the countries “will transform the Middle East”, with Israel keen to expand the list of Arab nations that sign on to the Abraham Accords.The deals were negotiated under former US president Donald Trump but endorsed by President Joe Biden's administration.Bahrain and Morocco have also normalised ties with Israel under the accords.Sudan has agreed to do so but formal diplomatic relations have not emerged amid roiling instability in Khartoum.Read more:Israel says it hopes for ties with Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, but no deals imminentIsrael offers security, intelligence support to UAE after Houthi attack on Abu DhabiBennett to make first visit by Israeli PM to UAE
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Israel’s president to make first-ever state visit to UAE