Today in Washington – This diary is filed daily. Indicates new events – TUESDAY, MAY 11 SMARDAN, Romania – Polish President Andrzej Duda attends “Justice Sword 21” multinational military exercise at the Smardan shooting range conducted by allied Eastern Flank forces of the NATO Multinational Brigade of Craiova.
BUCHAREST – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will virtually visit Romania to evaluate the state of the country’s economy. (To May 28) SEOUL – Israel Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Economy Minister Amir Peretz will arrive for a four-day visit that includes talks with Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, Industry Minister Moon Sung-wook and Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee. (To May 13) RIYADH – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Saudi Arabia. (final day) ATHENS – European Commission Vice-President for Promoting Our European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas, visits Greece during
Today in Washington – This diary is filed daily. Indicates new events – MONDAY, MAY 10 BUCHAREST – U.S. President Joe Biden attends summit of Bucharest Nine, countries of eastern NATO flank BRUSSELS – European Commission executive vice-president for climate Frans Timmermans and European Commissioner for agriculture Janusz Wojciechowsk discuss the future CAP Strategic Plans – 0800 GMT BRUSSELS – EU trade and economy chiefs Dombrovskis and Gentiloni debate the EU’s recovery in Parliament – 0900 GMT BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, will meet the Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria, Alexander Schallenberg, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. BUCHAREST – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will virtually visit Romania to evaluate the state of the country’s economy. (To May 28) SEOUL – Israel Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Economy Mi
Israel Inks Free Trade Agreement with S Korea albawaba.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from albawaba.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Economy Minister Amir Peretz in Jerusalem on May 18, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Economy Minister Amir Peretz, one of the top contenders to succeed Reuven Rivlin as president in the summer, announced Wednesday that he was quitting the race, departing the political sphere after decades as a lawmaker, minister and trade unionist.
The development means there are now two main candidates for president: Jewish Agency chief Yitzhak Herzog, a former Labor leader himself and the son of Israel’s sixth president Chaim Herzog; and Miriam Peretz, an educator and activist who became a prominent public figure after losing two soldier sons in battles in Lebanon and Gaza.
16 shares
Mansour Abbas of the Ra am party holds a press conference after a meeting with President Reuven Rivlin at the President s Residence in Jerusalem on April 16, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
An Arab lawmaker who broke away from the alliance of Arab parties does not rule out supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or other right-wing politicians after the elections.
“We aren’t committed to anyone, not to Benjamin Netanyahu or Yair Lapid or Gideon Sa’ar or Naftali Bennett. We are committed to the Arab community,” MK Mansour Abbas told Channel 13 in an interview Sunday. “Those who want Ra’am’s support must contact us and offer things, and respond to Ra’am’s demands and then we can proceed.