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Indonesian President Joko Widodo has assured Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that Jakarta will not join the tide of Arab and Muslim countries normalizing their ties with Israel until after a Palestinian state has been established.
“Despite the rapid changes in the Middle East, Indonesia will not take any steps to normalize with Israel until a permanent and comprehensive peace is achieved between the Palestinians and the Israelis,” Widodo tells Abbas in a phone call, according to a readout published by the PA’s official Wafa news agency.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo addresses participants during the opening session of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN, September 12, 2018 in Hanoi, Vietnam (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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The Yamina party claims that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered it several senior portfolios, aiming to have them join the coalition and extend the life of the beleaguered government. Yamina says it has rejected the proposal.
Reports say Netanyahu’s Likud offered Naftali Bennett’s party the defense portfolio and two more senior ministerial jobs, including transportation minister. Likud promised the coalition would serve its full four-year term and wouldn’t include Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party. Likud has claimed some members of that party are ready to jump ship and join its parliamentary bloc.
There has been no proposal for a power-sharing agreement similar to Netanyahu’s current deal with Gantz, the reports say.
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Casting further doubt on a report by Channel 13 of “dramatic” progress in talks for a deal that would avert early elections from being called next week, Defense Minister Benny Gantz reportedly tells members of his Blue and White party that no agreements have been reached.
Party sources are quoted by Ynet as saying that at a Hanukkah candle-lighting event at the home of Science Minister Izhar Shay, Gantz said no understandings have been reached and that the country is going to elections. I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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A United Arab Emirates coronavirus aid shipment to the Gaza Strip arrived today through the Rafah crossing with Egypt, Hamas media announces.
In a press conference, Gaza-based Fatah legislator Ashraf Juma’a thanks the United Arab Emirates for sending coronavirus aid to the coastal enclave. Relations between Abu Dhabi and Palestinian factions have been strained in recent months due to the UAE’s embrace of normalization with Israel.
“The medical supplies which arrived from the Emirates are important for Gaza. We thank the Emirates for its support and answering [our call for help] and we hope for further aid shipments, due to their importance,” Juma’a says.
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A French court jails for life a Moroccan Islamic State operative who planned a terror attack on a Paris-bound international train in 2015, only to be thwarted by passengers including off-duty US soldiers.
The Paris court convicts Ayoub El Khazzani, now 31, over the August 2015 plot on the Amsterdam-Paris high-speed Thalys train and also issues sentences of between seven and 27 years to three accomplices. AFP I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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