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An Etihad Airways Airbus A380-861. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israelis now able to fly UAE’s Etihad Airways

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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...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends the Great Conference of Basij members at Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 4 2018. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Iran’s Khamenei: UAE ‘disgraced forever’ by peace agreement with Israel

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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...
Senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner boards El Al Flight 971 from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi together with the U.S.-Israeli delegation, at Ben-Gurion International Airport, Aug. 31, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israel, UAE sign protocol of understandings on banking, finance

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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...
Presidential son-in-law and senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump Jared Kushner, National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien and members of the U.S.-Israeli delegation attend a ceremony ahead of their departure from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Aug. 31, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Historic flight from Israel arrives in UAE

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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...
New York University's campus in Abu Dhabi. Credit: NYU Abu Dhabi.

Israel-UAE deal could position Abu Dhabi as ‘idea capital’ through higher-education ties

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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...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump with senior White House adviser Jared Kushner at the start of a meeting in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

UAE, Israeli defense ministers discuss increasing security cooperation

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UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs Mohammed al-Bawardi and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz spoke by phone on Tuesday, according to UAE media. The two discussed “strengthening communication channels and establishing solid bilateral relations...
IAF, USAF hold joint F-35 drill in southern Israel. Credit: IAF.

Why some in Israel express concern over US sale of F-35s to UAE

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The landmark and historic agreement to normalize relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel drew celebrations in both the Gulf and in Israel in recent days, but a media storm over the potential...
U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint statement in Jerusalem on Aug. 24, 2020. Photo by Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem.

From Israel, Pompeo heads to Sudan via ‘first official direct flight’ between countries

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo set out from Israel to Sudan on Tuesday via what he said was the first official direct flight between the countries. “Happy to announce that we are on the...
Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein holds a press conference during a visit at the Assuta hospital in Ashdod on Aug. 20, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Israeli, UAE health ministers discuss COVID-19 cooperation

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Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and his United Arab Emirates counterpart, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais, spoke by phone on Monday and agreed on cooperation between their two countries with regard to the coronavirus...
A view of Dubai at night. Credit: enjoytheworld/Pixabay.

‘Beacons of opportunity’: Israel-UAE to build broad partnerships, says high-tech investor

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The recent Israel-UAE peace agreement will forever change the business and tech landscape in the region, says Jon Medved, CEO of Jerusalem-based venture-capital platform OurCrowd. As one of Israel’s biggest high-tech investors, managing more than...