Tag: UAE
Biden administration approves large-scale military sales to Gulf states
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...
Biden’s trip produced mixed bag of results for Israel, say experts
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...
What’s ahead for Israel?
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
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,...
Lipstadt to begin first global tour as anti-Semitism envoy with trip to Saudi Arabia
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...
Iran at top of agenda during Bennett’s surprise trip to UAE, say observers
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,...
UAE free-trade deal not only first with Arab country, but fastest in Israel’s history
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...
Israel and UAE sign historic free-trade agreement
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...
Jewish, Israeli and US leaders offer condolences following death of UAE president
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...
Emirati airlines pull out of Israel’s Independence Day flyover
United Arab Emirates airlines Etihad and Wizz Air Abu Dhabi announced on Tuesday that they will not be participating in a flyover of civilian aircraft as part of Israel’s Independence Day celebrations on May...