Middle East Peace Process

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked makes the unprecedented announcement during a trip to Morocco for a series of meetings with officials.

Speaking at a new conference in honor of his one year anniversary as foreign minister, Yair Lapid says he has been in talks "with at least three foreign ministers" of countries that have no official ties with Israel.

While Israeli officials say normalization is not on the table, they believe Biden will announce the establishment of a regional security agreement between Israel, Saudi Arabia, signatories to the Abraham Accords, Egypt, and Jordan.

"It’s impossible that the UN continues with its hypocrisy in budgeting billions for 'Palestinian refugees' but won’t recognize the hundreds and thousands of Jews who were murdered and whose property was plundered in Arab countries," says Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan.

This is the prime minister's second trip to Israel's Gulf partner. Bennett is slated to meet President Mohamed bin Zayed, discuss a host of regional issues, including the Iranian threat.

Israel Hayom has learnt that Tunis and Jerusalem have been exchanging diplomatic feelers in the hopes of moving toward closer ties but effort has been met with fierce opposition.

The Wall Street Journal claims Riyadh is engaging in "serious talks" with Jerusalem about establishing business ties, and bolstering security coordination.

Major shift in regional policies would see Saudis open their airspace to all Israeli flights, sovereignty over Red Sea islands returned to Riyadh, and the US restoring ties with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The Tiran-Sanafir deal could see the inception of a Saudi-Egyptian-Israeli mechanism in the Gulf of Eilat aimed at securing the maritime route in the area.