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Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid, left, talks with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg during a foreign affairs council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels in July. AFP
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, and Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid in Rome in June during Mr Blinken's week-long trip to Europe. AP
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From left: Yair Lapid, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Croatia's Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Radman , and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, at a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council in Brussels. EPA
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Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid during a visit to the Israeli consulate in Dubai in June, nine months after the Abraham Accord between Israel and the UAE was signed. AFP
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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, centre, and Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid, left, at a weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. EPA
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Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid, left, talks with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg during a foreign affairs council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels in July. AFP
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, and Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid in Rome in June during Mr Blinken's week-long trip to Europe. AP
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From left: Yair Lapid, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Croatia's Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Radman , and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, at a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council in Brussels. EPA
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Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid during a visit to the Israeli consulate in Dubai in June, nine months after the Abraham Accord between Israel and the UAE was signed. AFP
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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, centre, and Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid, left, at a weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. EPA
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Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid, left, talks with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg during a foreign affairs council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels in July. AFP
Israel's coalition government charts new foreign-policy approach
Officials work to repair ties that were strained under Benjamin Netanyahu
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Rosie Scammell
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