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The Nile River, Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea, contrasted by the desert nations of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Jordan, as seen from the International Space Station, June 19, 2019. Credit: NASA.

Emirati astronaut: From space, Jerusalem looks like ‘flower of all flowers’

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Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi’s Twitter feed is full of photos of different parts of the world taken from the International Space Station. On June 22, Al Neyadi—whose handle states that he is part of...
Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Culture and Sport Minister Miki Zohar arrive at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Jan. 3, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Dermer made secret trip to UAE to pave way for Netanyahu visit

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Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer paid a secret visit to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, Israeli media reported on Monday. The main purpose of the trip was to pave the way for a visit to...
World Leaders, ambassadors, diplomats, entrepreneurs, lawmakers, academics, and clergy from over thirty countries converge on Rome for the First Annual Abraham Accords Global Leadership Summit. Credit: Courtesy.

World leaders propel Abraham Accords forward at Rome summit

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World leaders, entrepreneurs, lawmakers, academics and clergy from over 30 countries converged in Rome on Wednesday for the First Annual Abraham Accords Global Leadership Summit, an event that focused on new ways to increase...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog at Expo 2020 Dubai, Jan. 31, 2022. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Herzog at Expo 2020 Dubai: In Israel, ‘the impossible is a tantalizing challenge’

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog on Monday opened the country’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, where national anthem “Hatikvah” was played. “Israel is a country in which obstacles become opportunities, and where the...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets with Jewish leaders in Abu Dhabi. Top row (right to left): Yifat Turbiner, Steve Benchimol, Rabbi Levi Duchman, Rabbi Eli Abadi, Daniel Seal, Sarah Benchimol, and Ross Kriel. Bottom row (right to left): Israeli Ambassador in the UAE Amir Hayek, Herzog, first lady Michal Herzog, and UAE Ambassador in Israel Mohamed Al Khaja. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO

‘It’s safer to be Jewish in the UAE than in the USA’

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog and first lady Michal Herzog met on Sunday evening with Jewish community representatives in the United Arab Emirates, including a senior rabbi who told them that the UAE is safer...
United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education. Credit: Arnold O. A. Pinto/Shutterstock.

Report: UAE textbooks encourage coexistence, yet Israel still not on school maps

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Textbooks in the United Arab Emirates promote peace and normalization with Jews and Israel; however, the Jewish state is still not on school maps, according to new research released by an Israeli watchdog group. The...
The Israeli and United Arab Emirates flags seen on the side of a road in the city of Netanya, August 16, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Israel and UAE work towards instituting a free-trade agreement

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Israel and the United Arab Emirates are working on a free-trade agreement that would reduce tariffs and introduce other economic benefits, facilitating trade and enhancing cooperation between them. It’s one more sign of the...
Photo credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem

Watershed Moment for the Middle East

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Israel’s new agreements with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan, new agreements for airline overflights of countries with which Israel has no new peace or economic pacts, a new aviation agreement with Jordan...

Dubai soccer team signs Israeli midfielder

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The Al-Nasr SC soccer team based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates will sign Israeli national team midfielder Dia Saba in the coming days in a move that will make him the first...

UAE and Israeli ministers discuss energy cooperation

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The energy ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Israel spoke online about possible energy cooperation on Wednesday. “We spoke on cooperating in linking power grids and developing the natural-gas market for exports via...