Months into the war, the normalization process stays on track. Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud reiterated that stance this week saying Riyadh would recognize Israel in a wider deal that pursues Palestinian statehood.
At one point, when the conversation was about the operational activity in Gaza and the dilemmas surrounding the release of their loved ones, he said, according to a recording obtained by Israel Hayom: "I cannot commit to bringing all the captives home alive."
Even before October 7, antisemitic or quasi-antisemitic statements had become more frequent among Russian officials and public discourse, stemming mainly from the fact that Israel did not cooperate with the "de-Nazification" narrative Moscow has used to explain the invasion of Ukraine.
Of scores of hostages freed in a November truce, several said captors had allowed them limited access to TVs or radios.
Bluewhite, the agricultural Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) company enabling data-driven autonomous farming, announced this week that it secured $39 million in...
