New envoy appointed to liaise between White House and PA

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Reports say that a senior Israeli official visited the kingdom over security cooperation, dozens of Israeli businessmen entered the country with an Israeli passport and visited Neom

Having called the kingdom a ‘pariah,’ Biden now brokering historic agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, just installed a new U.S. ambassador to Riyadh, and may even visit the kingdom next month

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U.S. officials told CNN that a meeting is a matter of “when” not “if” and will potentially take place during the president’s trip to the Middle East which includes a stop in Israel

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Israeli defense minister visits DC for talks with White House officials as nuclear talks with Iran are at stalemate and the IAEA agreement with Tehran is set to expire

U.S. military cooperation with Bahrain was a repeated theme by leaders of the Gulf state during meetings with a delegation of Evangelical business and media leaders led by ALL ARAB NEWS Editor-in-Chief Joel Rosenberg

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While Egypt is considered an important U.S. ally in the Middle East, it is unclear whether Washington is interested in getting involved in Egypt’s increasingly serious security challenges

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Blinken set to meet with Prime Minister Bennett and Foreign Minister Lapid, Palestinian President Abbas

Sen. Jim Risch tells Biden: "Mr. President, you're the only one in America doing business with the Russians;” Sen. Cruz: “The best thing that ever happened to the ayatollahs was Joe Biden becoming president” 

Senate Democrats have also vowed to oppose any new treaty with Iran, throwing prospects of an expected deal renewal into doubt

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