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Rabbi Levi Duchman studies with a member of the UAE Jewish community at his synagogue. Credit: Chabad.org/News.

Chabad-Lubavitch announces emissary to United Arab Emirates

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Each new day seems to bring with it historic good news from the Middle East. August’s surprise announcement of the United States-brokered Abraham Accords between the United Arab Emirates and Israel was followed a...
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft. Credit: U.S. Air Force Photo/Alex R. Loyd.

America plans to sell 50 F-35 fighter jets to UAE

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The U.S. State Department informally notified Congress on Thursday that it intends to sell 50 F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates, announced U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.). The deal, which must...
A view of the Hadassah-Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90.

Report: Israel’s Hadassah hospital in talks to open branch in UAE

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Hadassah Medical Center is in talks with leaders in the United Arab Emirates about opening a branch in the country, according to the hospital’s director-general professor Zeev Rotstein. “They want us in the Emirates; they...
Israeli soccer player Dia Saba. Credit: Adir Benyamini via Wikipedia Commons.

Soccer leagues in Israel, UAE reach cooperation agreement

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The soccer leagues of Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced that they reached an agreement on Tuesday about future play. The heads of the Israeli Professional Football League and UAE Pro League signed a...
An online Hebrew class, including Maysoon Hameed from Abu Dhabi, middle left. Credit: Courtesy.

Arabs from Gulf states rush to learn Hebrew language

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Maysoon Hameed comes home from work as a vice president at First Abu Dhabi Bank, spends time with her family—and then begins a 90-minute live Hebrew class online. “After the UAE signed with Israel,...
The flags of the U.S., United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain are screened on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, on September 15, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israeli Arabs remain divided over normalization deals with Gulf states

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The Joint Arab List was alone in voting against the normalization deal with the United Arab Emirates in the Knesset, upsetting many Israeli Arabs that welcomed a move that is likely to become a...
The U.S. Capitol building. Wikimedia Commons via Martin Falbisoner.

Harris, Cruz add to bipartisan support in Congress for Abraham Accords

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Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, have joined the overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress for the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain normalizing ties with the State of Israel. To date, all...
U.S. Congress. Credit: Pixabay.

Overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress for Abraham Accords

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Congress has recorded overwhelmingly bipartisan support for the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain normalizing ties with the State of Israel. To date, 52 Republicans, 38 Democrats and one Independent have co-sponsored a Senate resolution introduced by Sens....
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 14, 2020. Credit: Ron Przysucha/U.S. State Department via Flickr.

With UAE and Bahrain ties with Israel on full throttle, will Sudan and Saudi...

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U.S. President Donald Trump alluded to yet another Muslim nation about to make peace with Israel when he tweeted on Monday, “GREAT news! New government of Sudan, which is making great progress, agreed to pay $335...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked by U.S. President Donald Trump, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyani, at the signing of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020, Credit: White House/Joyce N. Boghosian.

Abraham’s seeds of peace were planted long ago; now they’re bearing fruit

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When the Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab Emirates were hastily announced from the White House in a mid-August press conference, Israelis were both caught by surprise and left to guess whether...