Who speaks for the Arab world about Israel?

Signs of support for coexistence continue to appear. But the Israel-bashing at a U.N. Security Council debate is a reminder that full acceptance is not here yet.

JONATHAN S. TOBIN

A view of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. On the screen is Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. Credit: U.N. Photo/Loey Felipe.

(August 12, 2022 / JNS) Which of these two things is more important when it comes to gauging Arab acceptance of Israel? Is it a Saudi social-media influencer making a viral video playing the Israeli national anthem “Hatikvah” on the oud? Or is it the speech made earlier this week by the Egyptian ambassador to the United Nations denouncing the Jewish state and speaking of Palestinian “martyrs” even after his own government had helped broker a ceasefire between Jerusalem and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group?

Discurso de Geert Wilders en Tel Aviv, 5 de diciembre de 2010

Mi respuesta es «No». Deben ser culpados los dirigentes árabes – y debe ser culpado el Islam. Permítanme primero decirle por qué, y después les diré dónde puede encontrarse a Palestina.

Al final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, había 50 millones de refugiados. Hoy en día, todos los problemas de los refugiados que datan de antes de la década de 1950 se han resuelto. Todos, excepto uno – el problema de los palestinos.

¿Por qué este problema no se soluciona? La razón es simple: Porque los países árabes no permitieron que se resuelva. Y porque el Islam no permite que se resuelva.

Israel officially moves into US military’s CENTCOM area of responsibility

With deepening ties between Israel and Arab countries, coupled with growing threats from Iran, a need for better coordination with American forces in the region was deemed necessary.

U.S. Navy and Israeli Navy sailors during the “Noble Waters” exercise. Credit: IDF.

(September 3, 2021 / JNS) Israel officially moved into the U.S. Central Command’s (CENTCOM) area of responsibility on Sept. 1, taking over from the European Command (EUCOM) in a transfer announced earlier this year during the final days of the Trump administration.

“The realignment, announced by the [U.S.] Defense Department in January, strengthens the strategic U.S.-Israeli defense relationship and offers opportunities

Kushner: 100% possible, and logical, for all 22 Arab states to recognize Israel

Concluding historic US-Israeli visit to Abu Dhabi, White House adviser says the ‘vocal minority’ against UAE’s normalization with Israel will become more isolated.

By TOI STAFF

US President Donald Trump's senior adviser Jared Kushner, center, stands with US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien while speaking to journalists during a flight on an Israeli El Al plane to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. (Nir Elias/Pool Photo via AP)

Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner predicted Tuesday that all other Arab countries will gradually follow the United Arab Emirates in normalizing ties with Israel, causing the “vocal minority” that opposes the move to become increasingly isolated in the region.

Asked in an interview with the UAE’s WAM news agency whether he believed all 22 Arab states could eventually recognize Israel, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-

La Autoridad Palestina busca borrar los Acuerdos de Oslo

La AP tiene la intención de hacerse cargo de las tierras de Cisjordania de manera unilateral. Israel debe advertir que se trata de una violación grave de los Acuerdos de Oslo y provocará reacciones severas.

Por Yoni Ben Menachem

Foto: REUTERS / Mohamad Torokman.   Fuente: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

El primer ministro palestino, Mohammad Shtayyeh, ha anunciado que la Autoridad Palestina (AP) ya no acepta la división de Cisjordania en tres áreas según lo estipulado en los Acuerdos de Oslo y que todo el territorio pertenece al Estado palestino.

La AP tiene la intención de hacerse cargo de las tierras de Cisjordania de manera unilateral. Israel debe advertir que se trata de una violación grave de los Acuerdos de Oslo y provocará reacciones severas.