Esawi Frej

Can Israel’s marine agriculture feed the world’s future?

Reps. from 25 countries and a bevy of Israeli marine agriculture start-ups gathered to highlight innovative solutions to traditional agriculture’s shortcomings in the face of climate change.

|ByZACHY HENNESSEY
The Sea the Future summit.
Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej.

‘Israel is my state and the Palestinians are my people' - interview with Esawi Frej

"Why do we serve in the Knesset? So we can deliver fiery speeches? We serve in the Knesset to change things, to serve a community," said the retiring Meretz MK.

|ByMOHAMMAD AL-KASSIM/THE MEDIA LINE
ARAB-ISRAELIS ATTEND a 2006 ceremony in Kafr Kassem memorializing 49 Arab-Israelis killed by Israel Police for allegedly violating curfew during the 1956 war. The memoir notes the author’s involvement in the commission that probed police actions.

IDF releases court documents from Kafr Kassem massacre

Border Police battalion commander said, in planning for curfew, ‘It is desirable that there be a number of casualties’ • Arab MKs say Israel must acknowledge responsibility

|ByTZVI JOFFRE
Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, waits outside the Kedma Hotel, the location of "The Negev Summit," attended by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and the Foreign Ministers of Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt in Sde Boker, Israel, March 28, 2022

Moroccan foreign minister to visit Israel in September

Ahead of the second anniversary of the Abraham Accords, Nasser Bourita accepted an invitation to Jerusalem from Regional Cooperation Esawi Frej.

|ByLAHAV HARKOV

14 Days: Royal Meeting

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

OCTOBER 13, 2021BySTEVE LINDE
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meeting Bahrain’s King Hamid bin Issa al-Khalifa at the royal palace in Manama, September 30, 2021.

Minister Frej wants to reduce violent crime among Israeli-Arabs

INTERNAL AFFAIRS: ‘If you don’t have peace with Arabs in Jaffa and Acre, how can you have peace with Arabs abroad?’

OCTOBER 7, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
REGIONAL COOPERATION Minister Esawi Frej outside the Knesset this week: The thing that most threatens the stability of the government is not dealing with violence and crime in Arab society.

Meretz ministers Horowitz and Frej to meet with PA’s Abbas

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett expressed reservations about the meeting but did not block it from taking place.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
Health Nitzan Horowitz attends a press conference about the Coronavirus, in Jerusalem on August 29, 2021.

‘Meretz meetings with PA officials don’t mean peace talks’

"It is comfortable for things to stay quiet with the Palestinians. The moment we start getting into the Palestinian issue, the government just falls apart" - Bennett source.

JULY 28, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
Head of the left wing Meretz party and Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz leads a Meretz faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 12, 2021.

Coalition parties to avenge Likud by blocking bills they supported

In an effort to pass future bills, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz are reportedly working to reach broader agreements with the Joint List to vote for key legislation.

JULY 10, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
PARTY LEADERS of the incoming coalition government pose for a picture at the Knesset yesterday.

Esawi Frej: Doing the right thing for Israel, Palestinians - opinion

Frej has decided to renew the Israeli Palestinian Joint Economic Committee, one of 26 joint committees that was created through the Oslo agreements.

JULY 7, 2021ByGERSHON BASKIN
MERETZ PARTY members Esawi Frej (left), Tamar Zandberg and Michal Rozin at an event in 2019.

Grapevine July 2, 2021: Historic moments

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JULY 1, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
CHIEF OF State Protocol Gil Haskel introduces Slovenian Ambassador Andreja Purkart Martinez (left) to Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej.

Jerusalem Day: Increased calls to alter Flag March route through Old City

Israel Police is ready to change the plan of events if needed, and Arab Meretz MK Esawi Frej warned of Jerusalem Day turning into "Meron 2.0."

MAY 9, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Groups of Jewish youth movements wave Israeli flags as they celebrate Jerusalem Day by the Great Synagogue, on King George Street, before taking part in the parade to the Old City. Jerusalem Day celebrates the 47th anniversary of its capture of Arab East Jerusalem in the Six Day War of 1967.

Berkovich removes himself as national coach nominee, Arab players oppose

Prior to his resignation as a possible candidate, Arab players from Israel's national team dispatched a message to Israel's Football Association, opposing Berkovich's appointment

JULY 13, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Tal Ben-Haim and Omer Damari of the Israel national soccer team

Former MK Frej disappointed over Labor-Meretz lineup as parties sign

“I wanted to be a partner and not a fig leaf,” Frej said, of his place at No. 11 on the Labor-Gesher-Meretz list, as the parties signed the official agreement.

JANUARY 14, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Labor leader Amir Peretz and Meretz chairman Nitzan Horowitz