Gulf States / UAE

Environmental Minister Tamar Zandberg (Meretz) opposes the oil deal.

Chris Froome on his ISN debut: “I want to test my legs after a productive winter.”

Abu Dhabi and Iran have had trade and business relations for more than a century.

“The Gulf of Eilat is in real danger because of the Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline,” says Tamar Zandberg.

The confab will strengthen academic partnerships with the UAE and promote dialogue between Jews and Muslims.

Hailed as the first major partnership to come out of the Abraham Accords, the deal has come under fire from environmental groups for allegedly posing a risk to the Gulf of Eilat’s coral reefs.

“The ancient capital city of the Azerbaijanis is not Baku, it is Tabriz, which is occupied by Iran."

Israeli FM: "The UAE is not our enemy, we are not sharing a border or past hostilities. So, we are OK with that."

Oman’s announcement did not indicate any reason for its timing.

“We do believe in economic peace to improve Palestinian lives and to do mutual industrial zones,” said Israel’s interior minister. “But not a state with an army, definitely.”

An organization calls on the general public to avoid the show, arguing that art is being used to normalize “colonialism and repression.”

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand pick up a trillion bucks (in promissory notes).

“We are here today to normalize the normalization in reality,” says Hussein Suleiman, the leader of a delegation of Arab businessmen aboard the flight.

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa issued a royal decree appointing Khalid Al Jalahma to head the Gulf country’s diplomatic mission to Israel.

"There’s this great startup nation,” Al-Kuwaiti said.

"We know they will return to their campuses and communities with a better understanding of the changing Middle East."

"The October 7 lesson is that retreat brings terror. The October 8 lesson is that the Palestinian Authority = Hamas, with the same motivations, only with less capabilities. "Kfar Saba will not be Kfar Gaza."

The “Tracks for Regional Peace” plan and a newer U.S.-backed proposal to connect Gulf and Arab countries with India come as talks intensify between Israel and Saudi Arabia to reach a normalization agreement by the end of the year.

Guests included Emirati royals, prominent rabbis, dignitaries and much of the country’s burgeoning Jewish community.

The protest activities are orchestrated by the Gaza and PA governments and will continue in coordination and partnership with national action groups and trade unions through Wednesday.

“Who would have believed that peace would come to our home in such a glorious way? It is a Hanukkah miracle,” says Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch.

It would be interesting to see if a Biden administration, should the Democrats win the White House in November, would choose to support the sale.

20 Young Jerusalemites to meet local students and address regional and global challenges.

“It is very exciting to see such demand for Passover programming in the Gulf this year.”

“The participation gives Israel an extraordinary opportunity to showcase its capabilities and achievements in the field of technology."

It’s OK, friends, our brave soldiers and pilots do not avoid killing children for fear of bad press.

Some 150 Emirati engineers, researchers and scientists have been working on the Emirates Mars Mission since the project was inaugurated in 2014, and is slated to arrive in Mars’ orbit by 2021.

This is the first official visit by an Israeli prime minister to the UAE.

The signers committed to teaching what unites Jews and Arabs and will become hubs of people-to-people cooperation and partnerships.

Called “AJC Abu Dhabi: The Sidney Lerner Center for Arab-Jewish Understanding,” it will be led by former ambassador Marc Sievers.