Raphael Ahren The Times of Israel My first interview with an Israeli newspaper was with you Rafi , wishing you the best of luck and for sure we will miss you .

In intractable struggles over West Sahara and West Bank, some see thorny parallels

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Raphael Ahren Not the first ever non-stop flight from Tel Aviv to Rabat: that title belongs to the flight which brought then-PM Yitzhak Rabin and then-FM Shimon Peres (with an expansive top level delegation) to the Casablanca MENA Economic summit on Nov. 30, 1994
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BREAKING: The first official Israeli delegation is headed to #Morocco next week

A joint US-Israeli delegation headed by Jared Kushner & Ben-Shabbat is set to visit the kingdom Tuesday on first ever nonstop flight from Tel Aviv to Rabat, senior US administration official tells me

Born in the UAE: After years undercover, Israeli diplomats who built Gulf ties inch out of the shadows, including the mom of a baby boy who may be the first and only Israeli citizen born in the Emirates timesofisrael.com/after-years-un… via @timesofisrael

Moroccan authorities prevent protest against Israel ties in Rabat reut.rs/2JTYYGZ

Israel's Reuven Rivlin Rivlin speaks to Bahrain's King Hamad: 'The developments in our relations could not have happened without the brave and historic decision of His Majesty King Hamed to establish a warm peace with Israel.”

Dieses Foto wurde 1932 in Kiel von Rachel Posner, Frau eines Rabbiners, aufgenommen. Auf die Rückseite des Fotos schrieb sie:

'Chanukkah 5692 (1932)
'Juda verrecke'
Die Fahne spricht –
'Juda lebt ewig'
Erwidert das Licht.'

Möge das Licht immer stärker sein als die Dunkelheit!

++ cancelled ++ Due to current developments in #Iran GermanyinIran and other EU Member States will not participate in the Ambassadors’ Panel on Economic Diplomacy of the Europe-Iran Business Forum scheduled to take place on Monday in Tehran. europeiranbusinessforum.com/day-1/ambassad…

Morocco always loved its Jewish community, so much so that tens of thousands of Jews left the country in the 1950s because the love was just too much for them to bear

Pourquoi l’accord conclu par #Israël avec le #Maroc résonne autant en nous fr.timesofisrael.com/pourquoi-lacco… via @timesofisrael

Fascinating read:

A rich Jewish past, and present: Why #Israel ’s normalization deal with #Morocco is so resonant timesofisrael.com/a-rich-jewish-… via @timesofisrael

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו on establishing diplomatic relations with #Morocco : 'This will be a very warm peace. On this Hannukah, the light the peace has never shone brighter than today in the Middle East.'

Mimouna on Hannuka: move over latkes and donuts, here come the mufletot

Die Lichter, die Nacht für Nacht die Dunkelheit vertreiben, erinnern daran, dass die Hoffnung nicht erlischt.

Ich wünsche allen Jüdinnen und Juden besonders in diesen Zeiten ein gesegnetes #Chanukah . #Chanukah Sameach