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Saudi Arabia has lifted a ban on Israeli news

According to reports in the media, in Saudi Arabia once again became readable, the main Israeli news sites. Thus, Riyadh lifted its ban on reading the Israeli news, which operated from 2013.

According to the Jerusalem Post, residents of the Kingdom confirmed in the social networks that they have access to the resource. What was the reason for such a move by the Saudis is still unknown, as the authors of the Israeli media reports say that the editorial policy they have not changed.

In turn, the Arabic sites saw this as another sign of warming between Jerusalem and Riyadh. In particular, the ABNA website claims that unlocking website JPost occurred against the backdrop of the ban on Arab websites – The New Arab online newspaper Al-Akhbar, the television channel Al-Manar and others.

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