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A resolution proposed on Wednesday by the Palestinian Authority to the Arab League which would have condemned the normalization deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates was not endorsed by the requisite number of countries and failed to pass.
“After a three-hour debate, some Arab countries refused to include [a] statement condemning [the UAE] for abandoning Arab decisions,” the Palestinian Authority Representative to the Arab League Muhannad al-Aklouk said.
In a stinging rebuke, senior Arab League official Hussam Zaki pinned the blame on the Palestinians for the resolution’s failure, alleging that it stemmed from a lack of flexibility and an insistence on there being a statement of condemnation.
“A number of amendments were proposed, and then counter-amendments…and we were at a point in which Palestinian demands had not been realized, and the Palestinians preferred it not to pass rather than have it pass in a manner which they believed to be inadequate,” Zaki said.
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In another setback for those hoping that the Palestinians be given veto power over Israel’s relations with other countries, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have agreed to make their airspace available to flights flying eastwards out of the Jewish state.
The development, announced on Wednesday by senior adviser to the US president Jared Kushner, will drastically reduce flight times between Israel and the Far East.
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The spread of the coronavirus in Israel continues at a worrying pace. On Wednesday, 3,904 new infections were registered – setting another daily record for the country. The death toll has reached 1,054.
Some 43,500 coronavirus tests were processed on Wednesday, with results indicating an infection rate of 9%, meaning that 1 in 11 tests came back positive.
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World-famous soccer star Lionel Messi is making headlines after helping out a blind football fan by gifting him a pair of life-changing glasses, made by Israeli company Orcam Technologies and worth $6,000. The Argentine recently signed a deal to act as a brand ambassador for the Israeli tech company, and has set his sight on helping others with theirs.
Orcam’s groundbreaking MyEye artificial vision device discreetly reads printed and digital text aloud from any surface in real time.
MyEye, one of nine Israeli products chosen as a 2019 TIME Best Invention, is available in 25 languages and 50 countries.
Norwegian police have arrested a man in connection with a terror attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris that occurred 38 years ago. The man was sought by French prosecutors on suspicion that he took part in the 1982 bombing and shooting at the Jo Goldenberg restaurant that left six people dead and over 20 wounded.
In 2015, French warrants were issued for the arrest of three former members of the Abu Nidal Organization, a splinter group of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. However, Norwegian authorities failed to comply with the request at the time due to its policy on extraditing Norwegian citizens.
That policy changed recently when the Scandinavian state adopted a set of cross-European directives regarding arrests, prompting French authorities to renew their request for extradition.
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