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Meet the rabbi who made it possible to live a Jewish life in the...

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Levi Duchman, the chief rabbi of the Jewish community in the United Arab Emirates, celebrated his own wedding on Sept. 14. It happened to be the first Jewish one in Abu Dhabi. With a guest...
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) mobile ballistic missile interception system being loaded by the U.S. Air Force for delivery to Israel. Credit: U.S. Army Europe.

Biden administration approves large-scale military sales to Gulf states

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The Biden administration authorized two large-scale defense sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, to help defend against threats from Iran, the Associated Press reported. The more than $5 billion in missile defense...
U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One for Saudi Arabia after a farewell ceremony in his honor at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on July 15, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Biden’s trip produced mixed bag of results for Israel, say experts

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U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and the Middle East accomplished most of the administration’s goals, but from Israel’s point of view the results were a mixed bag, experts told JNS. While Biden did...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 26, 2022. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/POOL.

What’s ahead for Israel?

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Events have been moving swiftly since Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced on June 20 their intention to dismantle the government. Two days later, the Knesset voted by a...

Israeli journalist feels embraced in her new home in Dubai

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Right after the Abraham Accords were signed in September 2020, Israeli television journalist Michal Divon felt she had to contribute somehow to the expanding relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. In a recent Zoom interview,...
Saudi Arabia. Credit: Pixabay.

Lipstadt to begin first global tour as anti-Semitism envoy with trip to Saudi Arabia

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The U.S. State Department announced on Thursday that Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Deborah Lipstadt will embark on an 11-day trip on June 26—the first of two international trips, beginning with a...
Difficulty in international talks concerning re-entry into a nuclear deal with Iran. Credit: Thorsten Schmitt/Shutterstock.

Iran at top of agenda during Bennett’s surprise trip to UAE, say observers

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made a surprise visit to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday morning at the invitation of its president, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. While the trip caught some observers off-guard,...
Ali Rashid al-Nuaimi (third from left), chairman of the Defense, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee in the United Arab Emirates; Chairman of the Israeli parliament Mickey Levy (third from right); and a delegation of members of the United Arab Emirates parliament at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Feb. 7, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

UAE free-trade deal not only first with Arab country, but fastest in Israel’s history

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It was the fastest free-trade agreement negotiated in Israel’s history. Signed on May 31 in Dubai between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, it comes only two years after they signed a historic pact establishing diplomatic...
Israeli Economy Minister Orna Barbivai (third from left) and UAE Economy Minister Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri (fourth from left) at the signing of a free-trade agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, in Dubai on May 30, 2022. Source: Twitter.

Israel and UAE sign historic free-trade agreement

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Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed a free trade agreement on Tuesday in Dubai. The deal is the first of its kind between Israel and an Arab state. Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid hailed...
Portraits of United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in Fujairah, UAE. Credit: Philip Lange/Shutterstock.

Jewish, Israeli and US leaders offer condolences following death of UAE president

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As world leaders send their condolences to the United Arab Emirates after the death on Friday of its president—73-year-old Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan—American and Israeli Jews recalled the special relationship that has...