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Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:51:54 +03:00
Israel to allow soldiers to administer COVID vaccines to civilians
Up to 1,000 Israeli soldiers, after taking a special course, will be permitted to vaccinate consenting civilians

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:21:04 +03:00
Israeli businessman shot, killed in central Israel
A real estate agent in the city of Rehovot was shot to death early Friday on his way to synagogue ■ Police believe the suspected murder was criminally motivated probe

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:52:14 +03:00
Iran claims shooting at Hezbollah protesters was backed by Israel
Iran believes that Lebanon can overcome Thursday's deadly violence which 'was backed by the Zionist entity,' Iranian foreign minister says

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 08:41:49 +03:00
Handcuffed and blindfolded, veteran of Israel's top commando unit now fights the occupation
An image of Avner Wishnitzer went viral last month when the historian, a veteran of Israel's most prestigious combat unit, was roughed up and detained by the army while trying to deliver water to Palestinian villagers

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 08:29:18 +03:00
Saudi foreign minister dubs Iran talks 'cordial' and 'exploratory,' report says
The long regional rivals are 'serious about the talks' says Saudi foreign minister after several rounds of negotiations with Iran, according to the Financial Times

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 06:50:59 +03:00
Former US president Bill Clinton hositalized for non-COVID related infection
A spokesperson for the former president said he is on the mend after two days of antibiotic treatment

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 05:57:09 +03:00
Netanyahu can’t get out of his own way
Netanyahu continues to burn bridges in the Knesset and his party members are getting fed up

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 05:56:25 +03:00
Iran's Syria project begins to stutter
Iran has reduced its activity in the Damascus airport area, and cut down the number of Tehran-backed militia members. Israel has mainly Russia to thank

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 05:55:47 +03:00
Terror, crime and spies await new Shin Bet chief
The crime wave in the Arab Israeli community is the most pressing – and politically loaded – challenge facing Ronen Bar ■ While Hamas plots, 86-year-old Mahmoud Abbas seems more vital than ever

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 02:28:22 +03:00
Why do Arab youngsters in Israel arm themselves?
'The weapon gives you courage and confidence,' five young Arab men who live in Israel outline their reasons to keep and bear weapons

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 02:27:00 +03:00
Arabs responsible for '99% of murders' in Israel's north, says police officer
Israeli Arabs are 'responsible for 99 percent of the murders, 99 percent of the shootings, 65 percent of the arsons and 80 percent of the robberies,' said Israel Police Northern District commander

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 02:18:40 +03:00
The Jewish far-right contender for French presidency

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 02:07:45 +03:00
Don’t call them ‘stray weeds’

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 01:54:23 +03:00
Israel's coalition isn't ideologically diverse at all

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 01:43:17 +03:00
It’s official: The Netanyahu era is over

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 01:39:58 +03:00
Israel must close the Jewish Agency

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 00:38:15 +03:00
'In Romania, they value quality of life over material assets. In Israel, there's pressure to succeed'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: Two friends who believe that if you take it easy everything will work out, and a former globe trotter who settled in a small town in southern Israel

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 00:17:42 +03:00
Shot at, bound, beaten, deprived of food: Two Palestinian boys' ordeal at the hands of Israeli troops
Mohammed and Mustafa Amira were in the Israeli army's custody for 29 hours. Their parents weren't informed of their whereabouts. Their crime? Playing a game they saw on Youtube

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 23:29:43 +03:00
One Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in West Bank after allegedly throwing firebomb

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:58:28 +03:00
Israeli police chief refused to limit crowds in Meron despite pleas, officer testifies
Amnon Alkalai, a retired officer who was chief of operations for the Israeli force during the Mount Meron tragedy, told the commission of inquiry that he requested to resign, but stayed at the police chief's urging

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:16:45 +03:00
Israel says it will send officials to first Mideast climate summit
Despite Israel's expected attendance at the conference, which will also include Iraq and Egypt, the country is yet to declare a climate emergency or pass laws preparing for climate disasters under Bennett's government

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:13:47 +03:00
Israeli cop filmed hitting Palestinian with club suspended for five days
In the clip, the officer, who had been investigated in the past for assaulting a civilian, can be heard asking the youth if he would like to be hit with a club

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:01:03 +03:00
Haaretz among winners of EU's top journalism prize for Pegasus investigation
European Parliament's inaugural prize for reporters went to the 17 media outlets, including Haaretz, that revealed Israeli firm NSO's spyware targeted people across 50 countries for potential surveillance

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 20:08:05 +03:00
Why she didn't report that Shimon Peres sexually assaulted her: Colette Avital tells all
Colette Avital is one of the female pioneers in Israel's foreign service and had a long political career. But she's been tied to one of the ugliest rumors ever spread in Israel: She’s Peres’ lover, it was said; that’s how she rose up the ladder...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:35:33 +03:00
Israeli far-right groups on Facebook's secret 'dangerous' blacklist, report says
Over 4,000 entities on social media platform's blacklist, including Israeli anti-Arab group and politicians, according to The Intercept

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:56:48 +03:00
The Sally Rooney show: The Israel-Palestine debate is now a conflict of empty words
Accusing Sally Rooney of virtue signaling is too easy. Much of the talk about the conflict, from left to right, is now characterized by zombie phrases, dictatorial outsiders, rhetorical inflation and performative outrage

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:31:36 +03:00
Nobel laureate Angrist on economics, Palestinians and why he left Israel
Joshua Angrist, co-winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics, changed the face of economic research through the methods he devised. He left Israel in the 1990s, critical of the fixed salary in local academia, but remains proud of his work on t...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:24:15 +03:00
Netflix launches 'Palestinian Stories,' streaming films of the West Bank and Gaza worldwide
The collection of 32 award-winning films showcases films either directed by Palestinian filmmakers or tell Palestinian stories of life in the West Bank and Gaza

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:24:11 +03:00
Iran's regime will likely survive sanctions, but its people might not
Even pro-regime media criticizes the government as more than half of Iranians live under the poverty line ■ Analyst says major inflation serves the government's interests

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:09:38 +03:00
Can the COVID-19 vaccine's most troubling side effect be easily prevented?
Why are teenage boys most liable to suffer from myocarditis after being vaccinated against COVID? Does the heart inflammation have anything to do with the way the shot is administered? New studies are trying to answer these questions, or at least to ...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:28:15 +03:00
COVID in Israel: Serious cases drop as fourth wave shrinks
Heath Ministry data shows that the number of serious COVID patients in Israel has been falling over the past three weeks and now stands at 403

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:00:19 +03:00
Using Hamas and Hezbollah, Iran feels immune. Israel can change that
When Hamas and Islamic Jihad fire missiles at Tel Aviv, Israel strikes targets in Gaza. When Houthi rebels attack Saudi Arabia, that leads to retaliation in Yemen. But what if the response instead was aimed directly at Tehran?

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:43:30 +03:00
Senate candidate nixes fundraiser after host uses swastika as profile photo on Twitter
Republican candidate Herschel Walker cancelled the event hours after his campaign defended the hosts' use of the image that featured several needles laid out in the shape of the Nazi symbol

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:42:31 +03:00
Bennett no longer considers Iran nuclear deal ‘historic mistake,’ but he can’t say so
The changing attitude toward the nuclear accord is the new government’s most significant policy change, but Netanyahu’s campaign to shape public opinion on the subject still looms large

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:23:37 +03:00
Tehran-Riyadh detente could mark the end for Israel's anti-Iran coalition
If the talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia would end in reconciliation, the rest of the Arab world could swiftly follow suit. The Middle East would look like a very different place – and so would Israel's place within it

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:02:59 +03:00
Not just the stork: Israel’s migratory bird season has surprises in store
From cranes and pelicans to warblers and swallows: The choice birdwatching sites to witness Israel’s stunning migration season

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:29:58 +03:00
How Britain is confronting its Jew-hating fascist past
You might have heard of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts, or the Battle of Cable Street. But there's an even less well-remembered part of Britain's fascist history: The rise of a violently antisemitic postwar far right, the authorities' failure to confron...

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:59:38 +03:00
Lebanon: Six killed in Hezbollah protest against Beirut blast investigator
Tensions over the probe Beirut blast, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded, are fueling divisions in Lebanon as Hezbollah leads calls for lead judge's removal. The U.S. will offer $67 million to support the Lebanese army

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:11:29 +03:00
Only 1 percent of Arab Israelis are in high-tech, with a wage gap to boot
The poor representation stems from years of inequality in the school system, plus Arabs lack the army-tech connections that many Jews have, a Bank of Israel study says

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:24:06 +03:00
Experts: This is what Israel must do to avoid fifth COVID wave
All agree that the biggest mistake this summer was to believe Israel had defeated COVID, while vaccination still remains the key tool in the fight

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:02:49 +03:00
Israeli killed is 99th victim of violence in Arab community this year
Two people were wounded in the drive-by shooting in northern Israel; police are searching for the shooter

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 08:42:36 +03:00
Israel advances thousands of housing units in East Jerusalem as Biden remains silent
The Biden administration is so far refraining, at least publicly, from pressuring Israel to freeze construction plans beyond the Green Line

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 02:07:57 +03:00
Israeli cop seriously wounded in car-ramming attack in West Bank
The driver rammed a Border Police officer while he was standing next to Civil Administration inspectors overseeing construction violations in the West Bank

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 01:01:53 +03:00
Man armed with bow and arrow kills five people in Norway attacks, police say
The death toll is the worst of any attack in Norway since 2011, when far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people, most of them teenagers at a youth camp

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:51:46 +03:00
After years of neighborly relations, settlers try to foil recognition of Palestinian hamlet
'We always had ties with settlers and other Israelis. Now they suddenly say we can’t have a plan for the village because we pose a danger? That hurts me, it’s simply not true,' says a Palestinian village council chief

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:19:20 +03:00
Four killed in Israeli strike in Syria, watchdog says
The Syrian Defense Ministry said, however, that a Syrian soldier was killed, and three others were wounded in the Israeli strike

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:08:51 +03:00
West Bank settler attacks two IDF soldiers with tear gas near illegal outpost
According to an eyewitness, an IDF officer arrived to the area to talk to a Palestinian farmer who witnessed arson

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 23:40:51 +03:00
‘We won’t stand by idly in the face of Arab violence,’ new Shin Bet chief says
Ronen Bar also comments on Iran, saying 'the Iranian threat will continue to figure at the core of our operations in Israel, overseas and in the cyber world'

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 23:27:39 +03:00
Israel's new government promised change, now is the time to act

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 23:25:06 +03:00
Another star is born, but the Shin Bet remains a cruel organization

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 23:21:14 +03:00
Religious Zionist society uses organ donation to virtue signal

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:45:54 +03:00
Jewish Agency sets Sunday deadline after top candidate for chair drops out
Lapid sought to delay vote on high-profile position after government-backed Elazar Stern withdrew from the race over comments on handling of sexual assault complaints during his time as an army general

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:22:18 +03:00
Sweden Holocaust forum looks at social media's role in antisemitism
Government and social media representatives in Malmo vow to crack down on hate speech, disinformation and denial

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:18:58 +03:00
Arabs 'are here by mistake, because Ben-Gurion didn't finish the job,' far-right leader tells lawmakers
Party leader Smotrich, often accused of racism, launches latest tirade against Arab lawmakers in the Knesset, calling them 'terror supporters.' Joint List MK: We're dealing with 'this filthy fascism' every day

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:00:39 +03:00
Bethlehem fears Christmas in peril as Israel bars tourists from overnight stays
Palestinian officials are concerned over COVID restrictions barring tourists from spending the night in the city, just before the holiday season. Israeli officials say talks are underway to permit overnight stays

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:31:46 +03:00
'Failed to do the right thing': Jewish leaders slam EU plan to fight antisemitism
The EU document on antisemitism failed to mention bans in multiple EU countries preventing the production of kosher and halal meat through ritual slaughter and attempts to outlaw nonmedical circumcision

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:21:16 +03:00
'I'll be freed in seven years in Hamas deal,' Palestinian mastermind behind jailbreak says
Mahmoud Aardeh took his interrogators step by step through the escape plan – from the planning, through the digging, to the escape itself

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:54:39 +03:00
Palestinian beaten by Israeli officer after complaining about police violence
In a video of the incident, a Jerusalem officer forcefully hits a Palestinian man with a bat, after he identified a different officer who assaulted him

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:57:58 +03:00
Blinken: 'Time running short' on Iran nuclear diplomacy
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meets with his U.S., Emirati counterparts in Washington, a year after normalizing ties

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:41:00 +03:00
Israeli soldiers suspected of assaulting blindfolded Palestinian detainee
The soldiers are expected to be charged with aggravated assault at a military court. One of them is also suspected of pressing his gun against the Palestinian man's behind

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:36:40 +03:00
Oxford courses on 12 rare Jewish languages aim to keep heritages alive
The Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages has launched its inaugural semester of courses in 12 Jewish languages, from Judeo-Greek to Karaim

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:13:36 +03:00
The final frontier: Captain Kirk actor Shatner becomes world's oldest space traveler
Shatner is one of four passengers to journey to the edge of space aboard the white fully autonomous New Shepard spacecraft, as U.S. billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos's company carried out its second tourist flight

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 17:24:32 +03:00
Israeli yeshiva student could open asylum doors to conscientious objectors, Palestinians
Lawyers for unnamed 21-year-old ultra-Orthodox man who is trying to avoid service in Israeli military say victory in British court could set a precedent for both Israelis and Palestinians

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 17:00:26 +03:00
Israel could soon reopen to tourists. Here’s what you need to know
Vaccinated citizens from 40 countries could be welcomed back in Israel as early as November 1, but U.S. tourists will likely need to request individual approval to get into the country

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:58:31 +03:00
The Nobel Prize that could have gone to Israel
Economics laureate Joshua Angrist left Hebrew University after a few years in the holy land and returned to America. Unfortunately, his decision is all too typical, not just in academia but also in high-tech

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:37:38 +03:00
The struggle for Palestinian family unification succeeds – haltingly, little and late
Instead of keeping to its agreements, Israel offers ‘a gesture’ in the form of Palestinian IDs to people without status in the West Bank and Gaza. Still on hold is family unification for residents of the territories married to Israeli citizens

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:27:17 +03:00
With Islamists' support, Israeli parliament advances cannabis reform bill
Islamist leader, whose party thwarted the bill in 2019, threw support behind it because of its medical aspects

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:17:43 +03:00
This day in Jewish history: Taboo-trampling comic Lenny Bruce is born
Lenny Bruce began with impersonations, then pushed the boundaries of good taste - and the law.

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 15:10:42 +03:00
'Will target Palestinians': Google, Amazon workers demand to cut ties with Israel's Project Nimbus
Employees condemn cloud service deal with Israel, saying 'products we build are used to deny Palestinians their basic rights'

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:49:42 +03:00
Jews and Palestinians find common ground in this Jerusalem battle
The standoff illustrates Jerusalem’s challenge in preserving urban nature – areas inside cities that are home to plants and animals – in the face of development

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:31:58 +03:00
Progressives, center-left lawmakers lobby Tzipi Livni to head Jewish Agency
With front-runner Elazar Stern dropping out of the race, center-left parties and non-Orthodox movements scramble to find new candidate who shares their liberal values

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:06:58 +03:00
Pakistani arrested in Cyprus over plot to assassinate Israelis
Last month, an Azeri who holds a Russian passport was arrested in Nicosia on suspicion of planning to assassinate Israeli businesspeople

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 12:19:26 +03:00
Sally Rooney just revealed the feelgood futility of BDS
Sally Rooney’s refusal to work with Israeli publishers deemed complicit with the occupation certainly isn’t antisemitic. But adopting the BDS movement’s cultural boycott of Israel won’t help the Palestinian cause, either

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 12:04:08 +03:00
Hateful graffiti scrawled, tires punctured in West Bank hate crime
Writings reading 'Price tag' and 'Destroying for enemies and not for Jews' were spray-painted on eight vehicles and the walls of buildings in the Palestinian village of Marda

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:56:37 +03:00
How Pakistan's A.Q. Khan, father of the 'Muslim bomb,' escaped Mossad assassination
Abdul Qadeer Khan, who died this week in Islamabad, got Pakistan the bomb, stole and sold atomic secrets, profited from a shady global proliferation network, helped Iran go nuclear, aided Gadhafi's reactor ambitions – and still passed away from nat...

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:21:02 +03:00
Swedish Holocaust confab focuses on social media role in antisemitism
German European affairs minister says 'the situation worldwide' is 'extremely worrying,' in reference to recent anti-Jewish attacks in Germany

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:07:12 +03:00
Ultra-orthodox leader blasts Bennett for calling to 'limit Haredi political sway'
Shas leader Arye Deri calls Bennett 'a clown,' adding the PM is trying to 'strike out at the Haredim and widen his base'

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:17:44 +03:00
‘Coin Master’: How the addictive, controversial Israeli game raked in a fortune
Moon Active was going nowhere in the mobile gaming market until in 2016 it released ‘Coin Master,’ a game that became a sensation and generated billions of dollars. So why isn’t the company a source of unbridled pride in Startup Nation?

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 09:14:16 +03:00
Abraham Accords not substitute for deal between Israel and Palestinians, U.S. officials say
Ahead of Blinken's meetings with Israeli FM Lapid and his Emirati counterparts, officials express hope that 'normalization can be leveraged to advance progress on the Israeli-Palestinian tracks'

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 04:33:46 +03:00
The critical questions for the new Shin Bet chief

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 03:48:10 +03:00
We demand equality, not the Shin Bet's shadow

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 03:14:44 +03:00
Lapid backed the wrong man

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 01:49:36 +03:00
In testimony, ex-editor says Israeli news site tilted coverage in favor of Netanyahu
In the second day of his testimony in Netanyahu's bribery trial, former Walla editor in chief Aviram Elad said he quit in 2014 because he didn’t want 'to be part of this'

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 01:29:36 +03:00
Israel's superfluous ministries

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 23:33:26 +03:00
Haaretz cartoon

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 23:25:07 +03:00
Israeli police go easy on violent settlers 'because we were in a Jewish community'
In a radio interview, Superintendent Hagai Saban said that he did not make extensive use of riot control means because he understood he was in a Jewish community

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 23:17:09 +03:00
First witness testifies in retrial of Israeli convicted of murdering teenager
Prosecutors to call 15 new witnesses to the stand as retrial of Roman Zadorov, convicted of killing 13-year-old Tair Rada, commences

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 23:15:40 +03:00
Israeli woman abducted from shelter by her brothers, police say
Police sources say four brothers, who were subsequently arrested, sought to hurt the women, not bring her to family home

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 22:04:56 +03:00
Israel's Shin Bet sets up panel to determine security service's role in fighting Arab crime
The team, headed by a senior Shin Bet official, is asked to examine to what extent the law allows the agency to be involved in issues that are beyond national security

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:56:52 +03:00
With Israeli government’s candidate bowing out, race to head Jewish Agency heats up
Minister Elazar Stern, once considered the front-runner for one of the most high-profile positions in the Jewish organizational world, withdrew his candidacy following outcry over comments on handling of sexual harassment complaints

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:39:54 +03:00
Israeli police order hundreds more tasers, half slated for use in Arab communities
Police to purchase 400 new tasers to add to its stockpile of 3,100, despite complaints that they can cause serious injury and death

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:38:16 +03:00
Accused Pittsburgh synagogue shooter said 'Jews need to die,' officer testifies
First witness in pre-trial hearing says Tree of Life massacre suspect made several comments about wanting Jews to die

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:19:18 +03:00
How the Tree of Life massacre transformed 'the soul of a neighborhood'
In his new book, Mark Oppenheimer investigates both the hideous massacre and the great Jewish heritage of one Pittsburgh neighborhood

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:08:43 +03:00
Number of violent attacks doesn't indicate 'anti-Jewish sentiment,' poll finds
Survey of people in 16 European countries finds that some countries with few violent attacks have high incidence of antisemitic attitudes, and vice versa

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:01:13 +03:00
German church apologizes after neo-Nazi buried on old Jewish grave
Berlin's antisemitism commissioner says right-wing extremists deliberately chose a Jewish grave for the burial of a Holocaust denier

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:22:58 +03:00
Six months, only one witness: In Netanyahu's trial, the wheels of justice may be turning too slowly
Now that Walla CEO Ilan Yeshua has stepped down from the witness stand, the prosecution and defense can both point to aspects of his testimony that they find favorable when it comes to the bribery charges against the former prime minister

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:03:08 +03:00
Nuclear Iran is a global problem, Bennett says, urging UN Security Council action
Bennett tells conference he expects world powers to 'hold Iran accountable,' while former Mossad chief says Iran hasn't getting any closer to acquiring nuclear weapons

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 18:43:14 +03:00
Dozens of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails to go on hunger strike
The hunger strike, which expected to mainly involve members of Islamic Jihad, is in response to what they say is a clampdown by prison authorities since the escape of six Palestinians from Gilboa Prison

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 18:40:12 +03:00
Court orders temporary stay of deportation of members of Hebrew Israelite community
The 49 people who were ordered deported are members of a group with origins in the African American community in Chicago, most of whom had been given resident status in 2004

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:37:00 +03:00
Kushner, Pompeo and Bibi: Inside the Trump administration's Jerusalem reunion
Surrounded by colleagues from the previous administration, former ambassador David Friedman told Haaretz at the launch of his new center why he doesn't regret that the Abraham Accords pushed aside annexation



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