Published: 30 November 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Palestinians said scrambling for support as Arab, Muslim world warms to Israel (Times of Israel)
PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s senior adviser Nabil Shaath told Haaretz that Ramallah is seeking to convene emergency sessions of the Arab League and Organization of Islamic Cooperation as it worries that countries such as Chad, Sudan, Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia are moving closer toward normalisation with Jerusalem — relations that would counter resolutions passed by the two umbrella bodies
What’s behind the Chadian president's visit to Israel? (Al-Monitor)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced he will soon fly to Chad to re-establish diplomatic ties, but, before doing that, Netanyahu must consider which image of Israel he wants to advance in Africa
If Netanyahu next shakes hands with Sudan’s genocidal president, the bloodstains won’t wipe clean (Haaretz)
MUTASIM ALI As I read the news about the unprecedented visit by the president of Chad, Idriss Deby, to Israel, I ended up arguing with myself. Should I praise this historic visit? Or allow my scepticism free rein? My scepticism was rooted in two concerns: Would they discuss the "voluntary" deportation of African refugees from Israel? And was it a pre-emptive step to Netanyahu meeting the war criminal, president Omar al-Bashir of Sudan?
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Why Iran is also a strategic asset for Israel (Al-Monitor)
BEN CASPIT A significant number of Arab and Muslim leaders in the Middle East and the world fear Iran. For them, Israel is the only real answer to the Iranian threat and the only country able to confront it
Photo: The Republic of Chad President Idriss Deby with Netanyahu and his wife Sarah in Jerusalem, on November 25 (Heidi Levine/AP)
