Efforts to encourage additional countries to normalize ties with Israel are ongoing, and Indonesia, with the world’s largest Muslim-majority, is high on the list. Adam Boehler, the CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corp., told Bloomberg that Indonesia could receive $1 billion to $2 billion more in
Likud Minister Ofir Akunis in Jerusalem on May 28, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
A minister in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud said Wednesday that Israel was pushing to normalize relations with another Muslim country before US President Donald Trump leaves office next month.
Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis said two countries were considered the favorites to soon reach a rapprochement with Israel, but refused to name them.
“It will be an interesting country,” he told the Ynet news site.
Akunis said one of the country’s was in the Gulf and could be Oman, but wasn’t Saudi Arabia. Oman, which has praised the US-brokered normalization deals and hosted Netanyahu for a visit in 2018, has been rumored in recent months to be among the next Arab states that could establish formal ties with Israel.
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US President Donald Trump listens as Adam Boehler, CEO of U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A top Trump administration official said that Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, could receive up to $2 billion in US development aid if it recognizes Israel.
Adam Boehler, the CEO of the US International Development Finance Corp., told Bloomberg in an interview published Tuesday that Indonesia could get $1 billion to $2 billion more in development aid if it joins the rush being organized by the Trump administration in its final days to have Arab and Muslim countries openly recognize Israel.
COVID-19 vaccine to generate positive sentiment for economic growth 22nd December 2020
Documentation. A container containing the COVID-19 vaccine made by Sinovac China upon arrival at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang, Banten, Sunday (6/12/2020). ANTARA FOTO / Dhemas Reviyanto / pras. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Central Executive Board Chairman of the Young Indonesian Entrepreneurs Association (BPP HIPMI) Mardani H. Maming believes that the COVID-19 vaccine, to be offered free of charge to people, will infuse positive sentiment for national economic growth. I am ready to be vaccinated first to support the government programs. We really laud the president s step to be able to provide vaccines for all Indonesian people. This is a concrete step of the government to ensure health and certainty for all Indonesian people. We believe this program will lend a positive sentiment for our national economic growth, Maming noted in a written statement in Jakarta on Tuesday.
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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo hopes the national Covid-19 vaccination program will begin in January 2021.
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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo hopes the national Covid-19 vaccination program will begin in January 2021.
“Insya Allah [God willing], we will start the shots in January. In our prediction, we may return to normal next year. Let us all pray together so that we will return to normal quickly,” said Jokowi while handing out presidential aid at the Bogor Presidential Palace in West Java on Friday, as reported by kompas.id.
He went on to say that the vaccination program aimed to reach 70 percent of the Indonesian population – or around 182 million people. The vaccination of that proportion of the population would, it is believed, ensure herd immunity.