Tag: UAE
UAE reunites Yemenite Jewish family
The United Arab Emirates facilitated the reunion of a Jewish Yemenite family that had been separated for 15 years.
According to a report by the state-run Emirates News Agency on Saturday, the UAE helped by arranging travel...
UAE successfully launches ‘Hope’ mission to Mars
The United Arab Emirates announced the successful launch of its “Hope” mission to Mars on Sunday.
The “Al Amal” (“hope” in Arabic) unmanned probe took off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, and has made contact...
Israeli, Emirati companies partner on research to combat COVID-19
In a sign of improving relations, firms in Israel and the United Arab Emirates are expected to work together to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19).
“In light of strengthening international cooperation in the fields of research,...
The UAE ambassador has no business threatening Israel
Many Israeli media outlets hailed United Arab Emirates U.S. Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba’s decision to publish an article in Yediot Ahronot last Friday. Otaiba’s media fans proclaimed his piece—reportedly the brainchild of former Israeli and current top Democratic...
In unprecedented Hebrew op-ed, UAE official warns against Israeli sovereignty moves
United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the United States Yousef Al Otaiba warned Israelis on Friday that the increasingly warm ties between the Jewish state and certain Arab countries would be harmed significantly if Jerusalem...
UAE flight lands in Israel with aid for Palestinians
An Etihad Airways cargo plane from the United Arab Emirates landed in Israel on Tuesday evening, said Israel’s foreign ministry.
“The aid will be transferred to Gaza and the by the U.N. and COGAT,”...
‘It’s time Gulf states normalized ties with Israel,’ says former top Dubai official
Former Police Chief Lt. Gen. Dhahi Khalfan Tamim in Dubai sparked controversy over the weekend when, in a series of tweets, he called for Persian Gulf states and the rest of the Arab world...
UAE: Israel should not annex West Bank territory
A senior United Arab Emirates official tweeted on Monday that Israel should not move to annex parts of West Bank since it would damage the future peace process.
“Continued Israeli talk of annexing Palestinian lands...
UAE’s Etihad Airways makes first-known flight to Tel Aviv to deliver aid for Palestinians
The United Arab Emirates’ Etihad Airways announced that it will fly to Israel to deliver coronavirus aid for the Palestinians, marking the first-known direct commercial flight between the two nations.
“Etihad Airways operated a dedicated...
Trump administration’s Mideast proposal receives subtle support from Muslim nations
The words were barely out of U.S. President Donald Trump’s mouth—and the much-anticipated peace plan to resolve the century-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict for good was barely uploaded to the White House’s website—when the doomsayers and...