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Biden has yet to call Netanyahu
US President Joe Biden (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on 9 March 2016 [DEBBIE HILL/AFP/Getty Images] February 1, 2021 at 9:18 am
US President Joe Biden has apparently called many world leaders since his inauguration on 20 January, but he has yet to call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, news agencies have reported. Although several officials from Biden s administration have visited Israel or spoken to their Israeli counterparts, none have visited or contacted Netanyahu s office.
According to the
Times of Israel, for example, new Secretary of State Antony Blinken has held talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi. It also reported that General Kenneth McKenzie, the head of US Central Command, has visited Israel.
Ex-envoy to Egypt to lead Israel mission in Morocco
A plane carrying Israeli and US officials arrives in Rabat Sale Airport after Israel and Morocco reached an agreement on normalization of relations in Rabat, Morocco on 22 December 2020 [U.S. Embassy Morocco/Anadolu Agency] January 27, 2021 at 3:53 pm
The head of Israel s diplomatic mission in Morocco arrived in Rabat yesterday to expand bilateral political, tourism, economic and cultural ties, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced in a statement.
David Goffrin, who served as Israel s ambassador to Egypt from 2016 to 2020, is temporarily running the mission in the Moroccan capital until Israel formally appoints an ambassador.
Israel opens provisional embassy in UAE, approves historic normalization agreement with Morocco
Eitan Na’eh, formerly Israel’s ambassador to Turkey,
The move allows for “maximum and rapid realization of the potential inherent” in relations between the two countries, says Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi.
By JNS
Israel’s diplomatic mission to Abu Dhabi officially opened on Sunday with the arrival in the United Arab Emirates of head of mission Eitan Na’eh, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Na’eh, formerly Israel’s ambassador to Turkey, will head the temporary mission until an ambassador is appointed and a permanent site for an embassy can be found. In the meantime, the mission will operate out of temporary offices, to be inaugurated in the coming days, according to the Foreign Ministry.
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