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Chef Elli Kriel at work in her kosher kitchen in the United Arab Emirates. Credit: Courtesy.

Delicious diplomacy: From Dubai to Akko, food as the great equalizer

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Jewish identity is invariably related to food, as witnessed through Jewish dietary laws, holiday traditions and consciousness. Retaining this identity is a matter of pride for many, and in our globalized, modern world, the...
Noura Al-Matroushi. Source: MBR Space Centre via Twitter.

First female astronaut joins UAE space program

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The United Arab Emirates is set to train its first female astronaut, UAE Prime Minister and Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced on Saturday. Noura Al-Matroushi is to join fellow recruit Mohammed...
UAE Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja (second from right) and Etihad Airways CEO Tony Douglas (second from left) at a ceremony marking the arrival of the first commercial passenger flight from Abu Dhabi to Israel at Ben-Gurion International Airport on April 6, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israel welcomes inaugural Abu Dhabi-Tel Aviv flight in official ceremony

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The first commercial flight from Abu Dhabi to Israel touched down at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday with the United Arab Emirates ambassador to Israel on board for an official reception along with his...
The national drive to improve reading skills and levels of education among children is fueling interest in children’s books. (Photo: Kalimat Publishing)

What I’ve learned teaching Jewish texts in the UAE

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In 2011, on one of my first trips to the United Arab Emirates, I sat in on a class taught by then-New York University president John Sexton on law and religion at NYU Abu...
Skyline view of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Credit: Rasto SK/Shutterstock.

Israeli and Emirati companies sign deal to bring greentech innovation to region

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In the footsteps of the Abraham Accords, a recently signed partnership between two Israeli and Emirati entities aims to bring greentech innovation to the Gulf region and to Israel. The deal between Gulf-Israel Green Ventures (GIGV)...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš in Jerusalem on March 11, 2021. Photo by Alex Kolomoisky/POOL.

Netanyahu: UAE to invest $10 billion in Israel

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates, with which Israel signed a peace deal in September, plans to invest $10 billion in the country. Speaking during a press conference...
Israel Aerospace Industries drone guard system. Source: Screenshot.

Israel Aerospace Industries, UAE weapons company to meld anti-drone system

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Israel Aerospace Industries announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates’s weapons-maker EDGE to develop an advanced anti-drone defense system. The anti-drone system would be “tailored...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman on July 27, 2010. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90.

Netanyahu visit to UAE canceled over spat with Jordan

Israel and Jordan were working to calm the waters on Thursday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled historic first visit to the United Arab Emirates was canceled due to a diplomatic incident between Jerusalem...
Israeli Defense Benny Gantz during a visit on the Israel-Lebanon border on Nov. 17, 2020. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Israel’s defense minister anticipates ‘special security arrangement’ with Gulf allies

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Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that Israel will develop a “special security arrangement” with its new Gulf allies, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Gantz, who was on a visit to the...
Mohammed Fateh Ali Al Khaja (left), the United Arab Emirates' first ambassador to Israel, meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on March 2, 2021. Credit: Koby Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu, senior officials meet with UAE’s first ambassador to Israel

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Tuesday with the first United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Israel, Mohamed Mahmoud Fateh Ali Al Khaja, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. “We’re changing the...