Tag: Abraham Accords
For first time, Hanukkah lights brighten Arabian nights in UAE
For the first time in history, a giant public menorah has been raised in the United Arab Emirates. The 12-foot metal menorah was designed and constructed locally and stands at the foot of the Burj Khalifa,...
Pre-Hanukkah Dubai event joins Jews and Arabs from Middle East, North Africa
Amid the newly rebuilt “Abraham’s Tent,” Arabs and Mizrahi Jews joined together under one roof in Dubai—the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates—exploring the historic kinship of and future alliances between the...
UAE ambassador on Israel ties: ‘We expect joint ventures in virtually every sector’
The Emirati ambassador to the United States said on Sunday that Israel and the United Arab Emirates hope to cooperate in making advancements in all fields following the signing of the Abraham Accords.
United Arab...
Top women diplomats from Israel, UAE, Bahrain stress need for Mideast peace
Top women diplomats from Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain joined together on Thursday in a first-of-a-kind session to discuss the role of women in diplomacy, as well as the need for the...
Transforming trauma: How Jewish voices from Iran and Arab lands can be a bridge...
With just the clothes on their backs and a few belongings hurriedly thrown into a sack, thousands of Jewish families were forced to flee from their homes after the declaration of the Jewish state...
Israel, Bahrain sign historic tourism agreement in Jerusalem
Israeli Tourism Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen and her Bahraini counterpart Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at a ceremony in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
According to Farkash-Hacohen, the MoU, which deals...
Friedman on feat of Abraham Accords: ‘Gulf interests largely in line with those of...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman detailed the negotiation process that led to the signing of the Abraham Accords, as well as talked about the future of other Arab countries expected to normalize relations...
Bahraini trade delegation to arrive in Israel for three-day visit
A first-of-its-kind Bahraini business and trade delegation was expected to arrive in Israel on Tuesday in yet another sign of warming relations between the two countries that was officially declared as part of the...
UAE and Jordan condemn assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist
The United Arab Emirates and Jordan condemned on Sunday the assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in an operation for which Tehran has blamed Israel.
“The Emirates condemns the crime of the assassination...
Israeli search-and-rescue organization signs historic MoU with UAE counterparts
The Jerusalem-based ZAKA International Rescue Unit announced this week that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with its counterparts in the United Arab Emirates.
The Israeli humanitarian organization, made up of volunteers who...