Tag: UAE-Israel Relations
Saudi Arabia says flights between UAE and Israel can cross its airspace
Saudia Arabia announced on Wednesday that all flights between Israel and the United Arab Emirates can traverse its airspace.
An official at the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation stated that it had approved the...
Emirati official: Israeli declaration of sovereignty won’t stop peace
Even if Israel proceeds with its plan to declare sovereignty in the Jordan Valley, and parts of Judea and Samaria, it will not stop the peace process between Israel and the United Arab Emirates,...
Kushner: All 22 Arab League states may normalize relations with Israel
Jared Kushner, senior advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, said in an interview published on Tuesday that he believes that it is possible all 22 Arab states will make peace with Israel, and that...
Israelis now able to fly UAE’s Etihad Airways
Israelis can now purchase tickets on the United Arab Emirates’ national carrier, Etihad Airways, to destinations in the Middle East, Asia, Australia and elsewhere, following the U.S.-brokered normalization treaty between Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi.
The flights offered...
Iran’s Khamenei: UAE ‘disgraced forever’ by peace agreement with Israel
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday of “treachery against the Islamic world” for normalizing relations with Israel.
Khamenei predicted the peace agreement between Israel and the UAE would...
Israel, UAE sign protocol of understandings on banking, finance
Israel and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday signed the first protocol in banking and finance between the two countries.
Ronen Peretz, acting director of the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, and UAE Central Bank Governor...
Palestinian prime minister: Israeli visit to UAE ‘painful to see’
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh criticized Monday’s historic direct flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, saying it was “painful.”
Speaking at the start of the weekly Palestinian Cabinet meeting in Ramallah on Monday, Shtayyeh...
Historic flight from Israel arrives in UAE
The first commercial flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates touched down in Abu Dhabi on Monday, carrying a delegation of U.S. and Israeli officials.
El Al Flight #971—numbered to represent the UAE’s international...
More Arab and Muslim states likely to normalize relations with Israel, says top US...
U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said on Sunday that more Arab and Muslim states were likely to normalize relations with Israel following the deal with the United Arab Emirates.
O’Brien and Trump’s son-in-law and...
Israel-UAE deal could position Abu Dhabi as ‘idea capital’ through higher-education ties
When Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a normalization agreement earlier this month, University of Haifa president Ron Robin immediately contacted his Emirati colleagues to set into motion a process where higher education...