The Times of Israel publishes Tuesday’s progress as they unfold.
Iran says it is making plans for a large air defense training that will cover a part of the country, the Tasnim newspaper reports.
Training will begin and check the country’s preparedness for the fight for an airstrike. These will be “local missile systems, radars, electronic warfare devices and air risk communication systems,” according to the report.
Fighter jets and drones will be deployed.
The United Nations recently legalized the expiration of an arms embargo opposed to Iran, leading to fears that it is attempting to acquire Russia’s complex S-400 air defense system.
The British government gave the city of Manchester a deadline until noon on Tuesday to settle for more difficult measures against the coronaviruses, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson struggles to impose his plan of restrictions located in unsettling areas.
Johnson’s government is resisting advice from its clinical advisory committee for a national blockade of a short “circuit breaker” to slow the coronavirus.
Instead, it has followed a three-tier formula for England, with spaces classified as medium-risk, high- and very high-risk. At the top level, pubs have to close and others cannot be combined with members of other households.
So far, only the Liverpool and Lancashire regions of north-west England have been placed at the highest level. Neighboring Greater Manchester, with a population of about 3 million, has asked for more for staff and businesses affected by restrictions.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said that if the government imposed mere curtains, “obviously we will have to settle for this Array resolution. . . but I would tell them right now that they’re sure it’s a smart thing to do. “
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Ministers are expected to vote tonight to lift red city restrictions in all Jerusalem neighborhoods, according to Channel 12.
According to the report, coronavirus tsar Ronni Gamzu will present ministers to facilitate the closure of cities that are still classified in red as a component of the soft traffic plan, despite the drop in infection rates, leaving Ramat Shlomo in East Jerusalem as red. area in the country.
Bnei Brak has noticed an 85% drop in infections over the more than two weeks, according to the report. However, Department of Health figures show that there were still more than 650 infections in the following week, the figure of the time in the country. On October 4, that number exceeded 3,400.
Reports have indicated a slowdown in the red zone as they review to break down strict maximum restrictions. According to Yedioth Ahronoth, the city of Bnei Brak refused to allow Magen David Adom to establish immediate control to enter the city.
A senior foreign ministry official, Tamar Kaplan Turgeman, told Kan that the four agreements being signed “are vital to laying the foundations for businesses and citizens: aviation agreements, visa waivers, an agreement to protect and publicize mutual investment, and an issue on science and citizens, technological cooperation. “
A pipeline from Eilat to Ashkelon will extend to the United Arab Emirates, offering the UAE a bridge to send fossil fuels to Europe.
The MEMORANDUM of Understanding is between the state-owned Europe-Asia Pipeline Co. , formerly Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Co. , and a company called MED-RED Land Bridge, which is a joint venture between Israelis and Emirati, according to an advertisement. .
He signed in Abu Dhabi with U. S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and other U. S. and Emirati officials present, meaning he would have taken a position in a while before they flew to Israel.
EAPC said in a statement that this collaboration is vital news for the global energy market, providing oil manufacturers and refiners with the shortest and most effective and cost-effective direction for sending oil and petroleum products from the Persian Gulf to admission centers in the West. . , and allows consumers in the Far East to access oil produced in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions.
The deal is between $700 million and $800 million, according to Reuters.
The EAPC, originally created in 1968 to send Iranian oil to Israel, has continued to operate since the tap was closed and in 2014 is guilty of the worst oil spill in the country’s history.
Ibrahim al-Abed, founder of the United Arab Emirates state news firm WAM and a media pioneer such as the oil-rich country a regional power, died at the age of 78.
Al-Abed has long been the head of the country’s National Media Council, a government regulator, and also a de facto government spokesman, and his phone number is the first call from foreign journalists in decades, as Abu Dhabi and Dubai have become the skyscrapers planted. villages that are today.
WAM, who announced the death of al-Abed, presented no cause.
Palestinian by birth, al-Abed fled on the shoulders of his father from the 1948 war that surrounded the Israeli settlement, said his colleague and friend Peter Hellyer.
Al-Abed created the WAM news firm in 1977 and helped Hellyer set up the firm’s English feed in 1978. He is also a trusted media adviser to generations of Emirati government officials, who later became an Emirati citizen.
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The public component of the RI of the United Arab Emirates is over and officials left the runway for approximately 4 hours of meetings before the Emirati delegation returned to Abu Dhabi.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to meet with U. S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, White House Assistant Avi Berkowitz, UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs Obaid Humaid Al-Tayer and UAE Economy Minister Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri.
Later, he’ll meet Mnuchin.
A group of the United Arab Emirates, Israel and the United States of the U. S. Embassy in Israel announces the creation of a fund to channel investments into projects that “promote regional economic cooperation and prosperity in the Middle East and beyond. “
The Abraham Fund announcement, long in topics and few details, puts the length of the kitten at more than $3 billion, not transparent if this has been promised or if it is a goal.
“The fund will enable its members to free up people-centered investments, offering opportunities and hope for the region and its youth by allowing them to build a long-term term that will serve them and their communities,” he said.
“Partners appreciate the participation of countries to promote these goals. “
As a component of the fund, which is included in the Abrahamic Agreements, the three countries will open a place of progress in Israel.
“The Abraham Fund will address the demanding situations facing the region and create economic opportunities for all,” Adam Boehler, executive director of the U. S. Financial Corporation for International Development, said in the statement. “We are very happy to take this historic partnership to the next point to announce shared prosperity. “
After UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs Obaid Humaid Al Tayer spoke of a desire to reduce the “regulatory sandbox,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said of the two countries: “We will do things together. “
The first agreement signed deals with the promotion and coverage of investments.
It is signed through Al Tayer and Finance Minister Israel Katz.
He is a Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries on innovation in science and technology.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is asking Emirati ministers to send a message of thanks to the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates.
“Please convey to the Crown Prince our deep gratitude for his revolutionary leadership. We are working in combination to replace the Middle East for the better,” Netanyahu said. “We are all children of Abraham. “
Netanyahu is asking U. S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to express his appreciation to U. S. President Donald Trump and his senior adviser, Jared Kushner, for his role in the deal.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened up to the delegation and said the scale marked a vital milestone for both countries.
“Welcome to Israel,” Netanyahu said, “Today, we are writing the story in a way that will last for generations. “
The Prime Minister said he would point out four agreements that will make “a tangible one for our peoples. “
“The enthusiasm for this agreement between our peoples is enormous and reflects what is being learned today,” he says.
The aircraft carrying a high-level delegation from the United Arab Emirates lands at Ben Gurion Airport.
It is the first time ministers of the United Arab Emirates have made public visits to the Jewish state since the two countries announced normalization on 13 August.
– Ofir Gendelman (@ofirgendelman) October 20, 2020
The official assembly on the runway will be followed by speeches by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U. S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, and U. S. Financial Corporation Executive Director Adam S. Mr. Boehler.
The Delegation of the United Arab Emirates will participate in a trilateral assembly with the Israelis and a U. S. delegation, and Avi Berkowitz, the US administration’s envoy for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, will also attend the assembly.
A bilateral assembly will then be held, also at the airport, with the Israeli and United Arab Emirates groups, the first direct bilateral assembly held between the ministers of the two countries.
Captain Naeem Alameri greets passengers aboard flight EY8014 from Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv:
“This is a historic moment for the United Arab Emirates and Israel, and we look to the long-term salaam [peace] for our region. “
– Avi Berkowitz (Aviberkow45) October 20, 2020
The online walla news page reports that senior prime minister officials are also aboard the Abu Dhabi flight.
According to the report, officials were in Manama on Monday for the signing of the standardization agreement with Bahrain and, returning to Israel, secretly traveled to Abu Dhabi for talks with Emirati officials.
The first high-level official delegation in the United Arab Emirates is expected to arrive in Israel on a five-hour scale that will come with bilateral discussions to bring into force the standardization agreement signed in Washington last month.
It is the first time ministers of the United Arab Emirates have made public visits to the Jewish state since the two countries announced normalization on 13 August.
UAE Economy Minister Abdulla Bin Touq Al Mari and Minister of State for Financial Affairs Obaid Humaid Al Tayer will be welcomed at Ben Gurion Airport through Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, who is said to have played a key role in the termination of the agreement.
Iran says it is making plans for a large air defense training that will cover a part of the country, the Tasnim newspaper reports.
Training will begin and check the country’s preparedness for the fight for an airstrike. These will be “local missile systems, radars, electronic warfare devices and air risk communication systems,” according to the report.
Fighter jets and drones will be deployed.
The United Nations recently legalized the expiration of an arms embargo opposed to Iran, leading to fears that it is attempting to acquire Russia’s complex S-400 air defense system.