(ANTIMEDIA) — At a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East, U.S. forces have been deployed in Israel ahead of a large-scale joint Israel-U.S. military exercise set to start next week, the Times of Israel reports. According to the Times, the drill will simulate a major conflict in which Israel is attacked with thousands of missiles. Known as the biennial […]
Israeli Intelligence & Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz arrives to attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sept. 4, 2016. (AP/Ronen Zvulun)
Senior Israeli ministers have called on Saudi Arabia’s King Salman to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel.
Speaking at the Herzliya conference on Thursday, Israel’s intelligence and transportation minister Yisrael Katz asked King Salman to invite Prime Minister Netanyahu to Riyadh and to send newly appointed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Tel Aviv in return.
