Posts Tagged: World Economic Forum
Tel Aviv Ranked Among World’s Top Financial Centers
JNS.org - The 2015 Global Financial Centers Index (GFCI), released Tuesday, ranked Tel Aviv 25th among the world’s top financial cities. Published twice a year, the GFCI...
Abbas Reaffirms Commitment to Two-State Solution, Blames Israel for Blocking Peace
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday said Israel is blocking peace by continuing to expand settlements on occupied territory, but reaffirmed his support for a...
Davos and the Hatred of Evil
At Davos, where I attended and spoke last week, there was endless talk of a deal between Israel and the Palestinians. According to Martin Indyk,...
The World’s Finest Fibber: Hassan Rouhani at Davos
I sat in the second row at the speech of Iranian president Hassan Rouhani at The World Economic Forum in Davos. Directly in front of...
Netanyahu Touts Israeli Cyber-Defense Know-How at World Economic Forum
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday touted Israel's cyber-defense know-how to an audience at the 'Risk and Responsibility in a Hyperconnected World' conference at...
Netanyahu Slams Rouhani’s Speech at Davos as ‘Continuing With the Iranian Show of Deception’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani "is continuing with the Iranian show of deception," responding to a speech made...
Israel’s Peres Blasts Rouhani at Davos for Supporting Hezbollah
Israeli President Shimon Peres railed against Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for talking about peace, while supporting terror group Hezbollah in a response to a speech...
Iran’s Zarif on Nuke Deal: ‘We Did Not Agree to Dismantle Anything’
JNS.org - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Wednesday that Iran "did not agree to dismantle anything" in the interim nuclear deal it reached with world...
Netanyahu, Rouhani Planes Parked Next to Each Other at Davos – Bloomberg
As a true sign of the global connectivity taking place in Davos this week at the World Economic Forum, Bloomberg News published a picture worth...
Netanyahu Meets Waze Leaders in Israel, Ahead of Yahoo and Google Meetings at Davos
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the heads of Waze, an Israeli mapping start-up recently acquired by Google for over $1 billion, and held...
Netanyahu Says he Would Be Open to Meeting Iran’s Rouhani
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would be open to meeting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani if the Iranian leader recognized the...
Netanyahu to Praise Israeli Cyber Industry at World Economic Forum
JNS.org - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in late January, the Prime Minister's Office announced on...
Israel Resumes Economic Cooperation With PA
Jerusalem Post - Finance Minister Yair Lapid and his Palestinian counterpart Shukri Bishari agreed on Sunday to restart economic cooperation between Israel and...
Palestinian Authority Continues to Reject Kerry’s Proposals to Revive Peace Process
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who has already visited the Middle East four times since being named his new post in February, meets with...
