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38 September 2020 ISRAEL & THE JEWISH WORLD
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BRIEFS
PM NETANYAHU’S most advanced countries in the world. knowing immediately what sort of
ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE “Together, we will transform the damage we have so we’re able to get
PEACE TREATY BETWEEN region and forge an even better fu- our power back on that much sooner.”
ISRAEL AND THE UNITED ture for our people. This is a future of (Shoshanna Solomon, Times of Israel)
peace, a future of security and a future
ARAB EMIRATES of prosperity. AFTER 15-YEAR HOSTILE
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “I’ve always believed that we BDS CAMPAIGN, ISRAEL
this evening (Thursday, 13 August could establish peace with the Arab HAS ONLY BECOME
2020): “Today we usher in a new era
EASY of peace between Israel and the Arab that lofty goal for decades. You may On July 9, 2005, Omar Barghouti, then
world and I have been working toward
STRONGER
world.
not know it, but I’ve been doing it all
a graduate student in philosophy at Tel
“I just came from an historic vir-
the time in meetings that are publicized
Aviv University, launched a campaign
tual conference between myself, Presi-
and in many that are not. In Washing-
to boycott, divest and sanction (BDS)
STEPS dent Donald Trump and Crown Prince ton, in the Middle East, in daylight and the State of Israel. In a May 2020 pod-
Mohammed bin Zayed of the United
in nighttime.
cast in Arabic, Barghouti confirmed
Arab Emirates (UAE). We announced
“In recent years, Israel under my
that BDS seeks to eliminate the “Zion-
the establishment of a full and formal
leadership has made advancements
ist state.” Yet, after 15 years, Israel has
peace between Israel and the UAE. It
in ties with such countries as Sudan,
and diplomatically.
How To Stay includes the mutual opening of em- Oman, Bahrain and other nations in the only become stronger economically
bassies, direct flights and many, many
Gulf. I have reason to be very optimis-
BDS has notched modest suc-
other bilateral agreements.
tic that today’s announcement with the
cesses among American academics,
“This is the greatest advancement
Up-To-Date toward peace between Israel and the UAE will be followed by more Arab church groups and campus organiza-
nations joining our region’s circle of
tions, but it failed to make inroads be-
On Your Arab world in the last 26 years and it peace. yond the low-hanging fruit. Many U.S.
marks the third formal peace between
“And to the people of Abu Dhabi,
lawmakers have condemned BDS.
Israel and an Arab nation.
and its leader Crown Prince Moham-
Jewish achem Begin made peace with Egypt. med bin Zayed, I say Salaam alaikum. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on
“In 1979, Prime Minister Men-
Americans to “be vigilant against
Shalom Aleichem. Peace unto thee.
bigoted or dangerous ideologies mas-
Community In 1994, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Peace unto all of us.” (Communicated querading as policy, and that includes
signed a peace treaty with Jordan. And
by the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser)
today, I am honored to announce a for- ISRAELI DRONES BDS.”
In 2017, governors of all 50 states
1 STEP ONE Arab Emirates. I believe that there is TO HELP FLORIDA’S signed a letter opposing BDS. And
mal peace agreement with the United
over half of U.S. states have laws that
a good chance that we will soon see
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
prevent state investment, bar state
ing circle of peace.
Hourly more Arab countries join this expand- TO HURRICANE SEASON contracts or prohibit the use of state
funds for companies boycotting Israel.
Israeli startup Percepto, a maker of in-
Social Media: While we don’t always “I want to thank President Trump dustrial drones, said that its Sparrow (David May and Benjamin Weinthal,
post hourly, we do post often. What do we for his critical help in brokering this drone system has been proven to be Washington Times)
post? Time-sensitive news, alerts, items of historic accord. And I want to thank
interest, and more. Follow us on Facebook, him for his revolutionary Vision for able to withstand winds of up to 150 ISRAEL’S IRON DOME TO
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2 STEP TWO plan served as a basis for today’s his- Power & Light’s drone system, said, Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense
Michael Dorr, a pilot for Florida
Systems have formed a joint venture –
toric peace announcement.
“As soon as the storm passes, we can
“Israel and the UAE are two of the
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he Jewish Federation of Sara-
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Ritter noted, “During the
our community members.
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“Our new President,
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Randon Carvel, has been
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