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Arie Egozi on February 16, 2021 at 12:25 PM
TEL AVIV: The organizers of the UAE’s IDEX defense show are lobbying Israel to trying to reverse its decision not to let the Israeli delegation take part in the event.
The decision was made by a special government committee after Ben Gurion International Airport was ordered closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee, formed to approve special requests to fly to and from Israel, refused to approve the three flights scheduled to take some 270 Israelis from the defense industries and the Defense Ministry to the UAE, starting last weekend.
The committee’s decision was a big surprise to all the parties as it approved flights to Israel of some 500 judo fighters for a tournament. In recent weeks the three big Israeli defense companies Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Elbit systems and Rafael invested significant sums in building booths for the exhibition. The companies and the people in charge in the ministry
Indian Army releases visuals and photos of disengagement process with China in eastern Ladakh
This photograph provided by the Indian Army, shows Chinese troops dismantling their bunkers at Pangong Tso region, in Ladakh along the India-China border.
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The visuals showed the Chinese People s Liberation Army(PLA) using a bulldozer to flatten some structures, and vehicles with troops and equipment preparing to retreat to rear bases as part of the infantry disengagement.
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NEW DELHI :
The Indian Army on Tuesday released short videos and photographs showing thinning down of troops and dismantling of bunkers, camps and other facilities by the Chinese military in the areas around the Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh in line with the agreed disengagement process between the two sides.
Vice President Kamala Harris is proving that she will play an important role in the White House as she hosts calls with foreign leaders without President Biden.
President Joe Biden plans to shift U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia and will conduct diplomacy through Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz rather than his powerful son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the White House said on Tuesday. The announcement by White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki was an abrupt reversal in U.S. policy from Biden's Republican predecessor, President Donald Trump, whose son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner maintained steady contact with the crown prince. "We've made clear from the beginning that we are going to recalibrate our relationship with Saudi Arabia," Psaki told reporters.