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Negev Forum participants hold a meeting in Abu Dhabi on January 10, 2022. (UAE Foreign Affairs Ministry)
Morocco confirms US-Israel-Arab ministerial forum delayed, cites ‘political context’
By Jacob Magid
Foreign minister says timing not right to move forward with second Negev Forum meeting of top diplomats, after officials told ToI postponement prompted by settlement boosts
Negev Forum participants hold a meeting in Abu Dhabi on January 10, 2022. (UAE Foreign Affairs Ministry)
June 23, 2023, 7:03 pm
Morocco confirms US-Israel-Arab ministerial forum delayed, cites ‘political context’
Foreign minister says timing not right to move forward with second Negev Forum meeting of top diplomats, after officials told ToI postponement prompted by settlement boosts
By Jacob Magid
Friends and family attend the funeral of 21-year-old Israeli Harel Masood, who was killed in a terror attack near the Jewish settlement of Eli, in the cemetery in Yesodot, on June 20, 2023. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
June 21, 2023, 1:00 pm
Daily Briefing June 21: In grim repeat, deadly terror shooting spurs settler rioting
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian reports on Tuesday’s deadly shooting and its violent fallout; US bureau chief Jacob Magid on cancelation of Negev Forum meetup in Morocco
By ToI Staff
The Negev Forum steering committee poses for a photo in Abu Dhabi on January 10, 2022. (Foreign Ministry)
June 20, 2023, 8:37 pm
Morocco cancels next month’s Negev Forum over Israeli settlement announcements
Second ministerial meeting was supposed to take place in July after several delays; US official says West Bank expansion moves also ‘taint’ Saudi normalization effort
By Jacob Magid
Construction work is seen in the West Bank settlement of Yakir, on June 11, 2020. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
June 20, 2023, 5:25 am
UN chief ‘troubled, alarmed’ by Israeli decisions to beef up settlement building
Guterres says settlements driving violence, urges Jerusalem to halt expected approval of over 4,000 homes and reverse resolution handing Smotrich control of West Bank planning
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Pro-settlement activists march to the illegal Evyatar settlement outpost in the northern West Bank during Passover to demand it be repopulated, April 10, 2023. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
June 19, 2023, 4:39 am
‘An obstacle to peace’: US lambasts Israeli moves to expand West Bank settlements
State Department issues swift condemnation after Jerusalem announces it’ll green-light 4,500 settlement units, hand Smotrich more control over settlement policy
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , right, converses with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana during a Likud faction meeting on February 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 5, 2023, 2:03 pm
Knesset speaker Amir Ohana set to visit Morocco’s parliament this week
Ohana to meet counterpart in Rabat on 1st official visit by head of Israeli legislature to Muslim country’s parliament; Israel waiting for kingdom to set date for next Negev Summit
By Lazar Berman
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) is greeted by Foreign Minister Eli Cohen at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, January 30, 2023. (Sivan Shahor/GPO)
May 16, 2023, 4:40 pm
After US request, Jerusalem may change name of Negev Forum to make it less Israeli
Washington passes along Arab wish; Foreign Ministry weighing new titles in possible attempt to bring Jordan into the fold
By Lazar Berman
The Atlantic Council's N7 Initiative senior director Will Wechsler addresses a gathering of the program in Abu Dhabi on March 14, 2023. (Courtesy)
March 21, 2023, 8:44 pm
As Israel-Arab ties chill, one regional cooperation confab avoids chopping block
Experts, private sector executives from Israel, West Bank and nearly a dozen Muslim countries meet in Abu Dhabi to discuss joint ventures in field of food and water security
By Jacob Magid
Then-Settlement Affairs Minister Tzachi Hanegbi in Gush Etzion in the West Bank, December 24, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
February 23, 2023, 1:43 pm
With Negev Summit planning on hold, Hanegbi said to be headed to UAE
Second confab, meant to be in Morocco in March, now up in the air amid violence between Israel and Palestinians
By Lazar Berman
Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir at a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 16, 2023, 5:01 pm
Invites for Netanyahu to visit US, UAE on hold as discomfort with government grows
Negev Forum summit in Morocco also in limbo as regional capitals wait to see how Ramadan will pan out, though few are optimistic following latest settlement expansion announcements
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a vote in the Knesset on February 15, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 16, 2023, 12:58 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 16: No invites abroad for PM; is Israel earthquake-ready?
US correspondent Jacob Magid discusses why Netanyahu isn’t heading to the US or UAE; real estate writer Danielle Nagler on construction reinforcement plans, and Jerusalem art
By ToI Staff
Negev Forum participants hold a meeting in Abu Dhabi on January 10, 2022. (UAE Foreign Affairs Ministry)
January 10, 2023, 10:18 pm
As Negev Forum confab wraps, officials vague on plans for joint projects
After largest meeting between Israel and regional partners since 1991, delegations expected to confer with capitals regarding proposals for initiatives harnessing normalization
By Jacob Magid
The steering committee of the Negev Forum meets in Abu Dhabi, January 9, 2023 (UAE Foreign Ministry)
January 9, 2023, 3:27 pm
Israel, most Arab partners meet in UAE to prepare for Negev Forum summit in Morocco
Over 20 Israeli officials join delegation led by Foreign Ministry Director Alon Ushpiz for Abu Dhabi gathering of Abraham Accords countries, Egypt and US; Jordan stays away again
By Lazar Berman
Closing their talks at the Negev Summit, (from left) Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, and United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, March 28, 2022, in Sde Boker, Israel. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
January 8, 2023, 4:02 pm
US laments Jordan’s absence from Negev Forum, aims to keep Palestinians in loop
As teams from Israel, Arab allies meet in UAE this week, senior US official says Arab states will be keeping eye on policies of new hardline Israeli government
By Jacob Magid
(L) Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert, (C) Israel’s Foreign Ministry Director-General Alon Ushpiz and (R) Bahrain’s Undersecretary for International Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa at the Negev Summit follow-up in Bahrain, June 27, 2022 (Foreign Ministry)
January 6, 2023, 2:51 pm
Negev Forum steering committee to meet in UAE to prepare next summit
Over 20 senior Israeli officials set to join delegation to Abu Dhabi led by Foreign Ministry Director Alon Ushpiz
By Lazar Berman
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