Yes, there was a Saudi consulate in Jerusalem before 1948

Haaretz reports:Saudi Arabia’s appointment of its first ambassador to the Palestinian Authority, who will also serve as consul general to Jerusalem, was not coordinated with Israel, and Israeli diplomatic figures are struggling to gauge its implications for the efforts to normalize relations with the kingdom.Senior Israeli officials said Sunday that Riyadh’s weekend announcement...

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Libyan politician says Libyan Jews have equal rights. Only one problem.

From EanLibya:Fathi al-Shibli, head of the People's Voice Party and the official spokesman for the Gathering of Libyan Parties, said that Libyan Jews are Libyan citizens, with no difference between them and any other Libyan citizen in terms of rights and duties.He added in his statement: “There is a Libyan Arab, there is a Libyan Tariq, there is a Libyan Tabawi, and there...

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100 years of the antisemitic boycott movement

(From a Twitter thread)thread#showTweet" data-controller="thread" data-screenname="elderofziyon" data-tweet="1548815225536790528" dir="auto" id="tweet_1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-top: 20px;">BDS in 1922.The American Israelite,...

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A brief history of Arab boycotts of Jews. (Not Zionists - Jews.)

I'm seeing some people on Twitter ask why boycotting Israel is considered antisemitic.One reason is that history shows that these boycotts are just a continuation of the boycotts that Arabs enacted against Jews in the decades before Israel was reborn.Here is a list of boycott actions of Arabs against Jews - not Zionists, but Jews - between 1891 and 1945. 1891: Arabs request...

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