El Al airlines operates its first direct flight from Israel to Morocco
El Al Israel Airlines operates Tuesday its first direct flight to Rabat, capital of Morocco.
The flight carries a joint U.S.-Israeli delegation.The direct flight took around six hours and comes after a U.S.-brokered normalization deal between the two countries earlier this month.
Senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump Jared Kushner, who arrived in Israel on Monday to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is leading the U.S. delegation, which will also include U.S. Middle East envoy Avi Berkowitz and Adam Boehler, chief executive officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.
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More from Netanyahu: The prime minister says he spoke with the heads of “several of the largest vaccine manufacturers in the world” about securing more vaccines. He does not give details on what was discussed, but says he believes “Israel can definitely be one of the first countries to emerge from the coronavirus crisis.”
He also says the pharma chiefs are “very optimistic that the vaccines will be effective” for the new strain of coronavirus that has spread through the UK and will likely reach other parts of the world.
He notes several more days are required in order to ascertain this.
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Prime Minister Netanyahu is planning to make a live statement to the press shortly after 8 p.m., less than four hours before the dissolution of the Knesset. I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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Tunisia’s Foreign Ministry says in a statement it has no intention of normalizing relations with Israel, no matter what else happens in the international arena, Reuters reports.
The statement is issued as another North African nation, Morocco, signs agreements with Israeli officials to re-establish ties in the capital Rabat. I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
I’ll tell you the truth: Life here in Israel isn’t always easy. But it s full of beauty and meaning.
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