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Warsaw continues a policy of servitude to Washington.

After brokering talks which led to restoration of ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia, China looks to replace US as mediator of final status talks between Israel and PA.

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Brazilian authorities had impolite attitudes on several occasions during Russian minister’s trip.

Updates to the existing India-Russia Bilateral Investment Treaty and recommencement of the India-Eurasian Economic Union Free Trade Agreement are all underway in Delhi as the BRICS makes its global trade presence felt

Although the dollar continues to be the dominant global currency, Russia and China could dent this dominance

African leaders recognize the importance of engaging with the BRICS as a new and dynamic partner for Africa’s development and integration. They are committed to building strategic and sustainable partnerships that advance Africa’s interests and contribute to shaping the future of the global economy in a more equitable and inclusive manner

“We are not interested in supporting a singer who boycotts the right-wing, who is against the government and the reform, to perform in our city on Independence Day,” a group of residents said.

By World Israel News Staff

An Israeli singer who slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and decried potential reforms to Israel’s judicial system is not welcome to perform in cities that are right-wing strongholds, residents told Hebrew language media.

Miri Mesika, a popular singer who performs Mizrahit (Middle Eastern) music, wrote a long Instagram post last week criticizing the premier and judicial overhaul on her Instagram account.

Following a speech by Netanyahu in which he said his coalition was struggling to manage security issues that he claimed were caused by the previous government, Mesika wrote a blistering response.

Like many other public figures on the left, Mesika questioned whether the democratically-elected coalition government has the right to make decisions and govern the country.

“Democracy is not ‘rule of the majority’, democracy is ‘rule of the people’,” Mesika wrote.

“Instead [of unity] we received a divisive speech [from Netanyahu], throwing responsibility on everyone except the man who is supposed to take responsibility, who is the head of it. It was insulting, shameful and humiliating. Nothing less than that,” she fumed.

“If there is a legal reform in the current format, democracy will be fatally damaged,” she added.

Mesika’s comments did not go unnoticed by residents of Tirat HaCarmel, Kiryat Motzkin, and Nahariya – all cities in Israel’s northern region where the majority of locals are staunch supporters of Netanyahu’s Likud party.

The singer is slated to perform next week on Independence Day in those municipalities, but residents have expressed that she is no longer welcome to perform in their cities after her political statements.

“We are not interested in supporting a singer who boycotts the right-wing, who is against the government and the reform, to perform in our city on Independence Day,” a group of Tirat HaCarmel residents told Mako.

“Tirat HaCarmel is a distinctly right-wing city, and the city’s residents are outraged at the choice of Miri Mesika for an Independence Day show,” they added.

“To avoid unpleasantness, it is better for her not to come – and not because of her left-wing views, God forbid, this is not the intention of the residents, but because of her statements.”

A resident of Nahariya told Mako that “we love Miri, but as soon as she chooses to go against us, there is no reason for her to come and perform for us.”

They added that “we won’t curse or harass her, but we will come to the concert holding signs telling her to get off the stage. We prefer that she not come.”

The municipalities told Mako that there are no plans at the moment to cancel Mesika’s performances.

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“95 percent of the problems in the Middle East emanate from Iran,” Netanyahu says.

By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News

Following a historic rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which saw the two countries pledge to restore diplomatic ties after Chinese-brokered talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Gulf Kingdom about the potential consequences of trusting Tehran.

“Those who partner with Iran partner with misery. Look at Lebanon, look at Yemen, look at Syria, look at Iraq,” Netanyahu said during an interview with CNBC on Wednesday evening.

“Ninety-five percent of the problems in the Middle East emanate from Iran,” he added.

Saudi Arabia and Iran have been engaged in a proxy war for nearly a decade, with Riyadh growing closer to Israel and coordinating on security issues with Jerusalem during that time period.

Netanyahu said he believes that the normalization of ties between the two countries did not stem from a genuine desire to be allies, but rather to end their long-simmering conflict.

“I think it has probably a lot more to do with the desire to de-escalate or even eliminate the long-standing conflict in Yemen,” he said.

“I think that Saudi Arabia, the leadership there, has no illusions about who are their adversaries, and who are their friends.”

The premier has hinted for years that a peace deal with Saudi Arabia is on the horizon, but the country’s recent resumption of ties with Iran and its willingness to engage with the Hamas terror group has cast doubt on the possibility of normalization with Israel.

However, Netanyahu expressed optimism that Riyadh could still join the Abraham Accords.

“We’d like very much to have peace with Saudi Arabia. Because I think it would be another huge quantum leap for peace. In many ways it would end the Arab-Israeli conflict,” he said.

“We would like to expand the circle of peace to its totality,” he added.

Notably, Saudi Arabia has publicly maintained that they will not consider normalization with Israel until a Palestinian state is established.

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No injuries were reported, and the military launched a manhunt for the perpetrators.

By JNS

Palestinian terrorists opened fire on a bus carrying Israeli civilians in Samaria late Wednesday night.

No injuries were reported, but the vehicle sustained damage, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The attack took place between the Tapuach Junction and the community of Migdalim, and troops were deployed to search for the perpetrators, the army said.

Earlier Wednesday, Israeli security personnel apprehended the terrorist who shot and moderately wounded two haredi Jews in Jerusalem’s Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood the previous day. The Palestinian attacker was caught during a raid in the Samarian city of Nablus (biblical Shechem) that included the IDF, Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and the Border Police’s Yamam counterterrorism unit.

On Tuesday, Israeli forces arrested three Islamic Jihad operatives in Jenin in northern Samaria. The terrorists—Aa Kareem Ala Adin Ibrahim Ahmad, Ahmad Muhammad Ahmad Jaradat and Amjad Muhammad Ahmad Jaradat—were taken for questioning by the Shin Bet.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly discussed expanding the Abraham Accords during his recent visit to the West African country.

By JNS

The United States is pressing Niger to join the Abraham Accords and normalize relations with Israel.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke about the matter with Niger President Mohamed Bazoum during the former’s visit to the West African nation in mid-March, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing a U.S. and an Israeli official.

The Trump administration-brokered accords normalized ties between the Jewish state and four Arab countries—the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan

Two weeks after his trip, Blinken briefed Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on the development, in a call joined by Niger’s top diplomat Hassoumi Massaoudou.

Cohen suggested inviting Niger to participate in the Negev Forum, which includes the U.S., Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt.

Niger is apparently willing to move forward with warming bilateral relations but is angling for deliverables from the Biden administration, said the report.

Israel maintained unofficial diplomatic relations with Niger in the 1960s but they were severed in 1973. The two countries renewed basic relations in 1996 after the signing of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the PLO, but Niger again broke off official communication in 2002 during the Palestinian terror war known as the Second Intifada. The countries have nevertheless reportedly upheld informal, mainly behind-the-scenes, relations.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made improving ties with Africa a centerpiece of his administrations.

In February, Netanyahu inaugurated the Embassy of the Republic of Chad in Israel together with the president of Chad, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno.

“Israel and Chad established relations between our two countries with your late father. It is in our view a tremendously important relationship with a major country in the heart of Africa,” Netanyahu told the visiting leader.

“It is something that we want to carry to new levels, new heights, and your visit here in Israel and the opening of the embassy is a reflection of that. We believe that our cooperation can help not only advance our relations, but it is also part of Israel’s coming back to Africa and Africa coming back to Israel. We have common goals of security, prosperity and stability,” he added.

The biggest diplomatic prize would, however, be the forging of relations with Saudi Arabia.

Netanyahu is actively courting Riyadh to join the Abraham Accords, a move he says would constitute a “quantum leap” towards regional peace.

“Obviously, the next step could be not just another country but a quantum leap in expanding the circle of peace, and I’m talking of course about peace with Saudi Arabia,” Netanyahu said earlier this year. “I think that if we can achieve this, maybe through gradual steps, maybe it will take some normalization steps, it will change Israel’s relationship with the rest of the Arab world.

“It will lead to the effective ending of the Israeli-Arab conflict—not the Israeli-Palestinian conflict [but] the Israeli-Arab conflict, and will also help normalize Israel’s relationship with a great part of the Muslim world,” he added.

Israel is also working to normalize ties with Mauritania, Somalia and Indonesia.

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