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FM Yisrael Katz (Likud)

Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz, who also serves as the country’s intelligence minister, has postponed a scheduled visit to Dubai this month to attend meetings in connection with Expo 2020 Dubai, Channel 12 News reported Saturday night.

The decision comes in the wake of rising tensions between the United States and Iran, prompting Israel’s security agencies to tell the minister to delay his trip in deference to the delicacy of the moment.

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On the agenda for the minister’s visit – the first by an Israeli foreign minister to the United Arab Emirates in more than 20 years – was to have been an attempt to promote non-aggression treaties with several of the Gulf States in the region.

A diplomat who requested anonymity said Israel is taking precautions given Iran’s vow of retaliation against the United States to avenge the death of its Quds Force commander, Qassem Soleimani, killed in a targeted drone strike by US forces in Iraq on January 3 2020. It is believed that Iran may include Israeli targets as part of its revenge against the United States. However, Iran requires little motivation to aim at Israeli targets; Iran has vowed to “wipe the Zionist state off the global map” for years.

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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.