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Key Israeli minister backs proposal for ex-Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad run post-war Gaza

Israeli officials are quietly throwing their support behind a United Arab Emirates proposal to install a former Palestinian Authority...

Israel poised to become key transport hub but will strain ties with China

World leaders attending the G20 summit in New Delhi announced plans to create a transportation corridor between India and...

Dangerous times, and they are of our own making

I can’t recall having seen such a tumultuous first 60 days of any new Israeli government. Ironically, after numerous inconclusive...

UAE first Arab state to include Holocaust education in school curricula

The United Arab Emirates Embassy in Washington, D.C., confirmed on Jan. 5 that Holocaust education will be incorporated into...

Israel, Jordan and UAE sign energy-sharing agreement

On the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference, Israeli, Jordanian and Emirati officials signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Prime Minister Bennett heads home from historic UAE visit

Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett has left Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after concluding a...

AJA gifts UAE ambassador a book of the Rebbe’s writings

The president of the Australian Jewish Association Dr David Adler has presented a book of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's writings...

Israel and UAE sign economic and trade agreement

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the United Arab Emirate (UAE) Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met in Abu Dhabi yesterday where they signed an economic agreement between the two countries.

UAE becomes first Arab Gulf country to open Holocaust-education exhibit

It explores the chain of events leading up to the Holocaust and uses personal stories, many of which come from Jews in the Arab world. There is also a special tribute to Arab heroes—upstanders who defended and saved Jews.

Pointing to COVID-related economy, UAE says it will not fund UNRWA in 2021

“We are looking for more efficacy and a wiser way of utilizing funds,” said Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem al-Hashimy.

The family is growing

The Governing Board and Executive Committee of the World Jewish Congress held a zoom with 190 participants during which...

Trump triumphs as PLO continues to dig its own grave

David Singer: President Trump’s announcement on 11 September that Israel would shortly be signing a peace treaty with a fourth Arab State – Bahrain – and possibly several others very soon - has triggered a spiteful response from Saeb Erekat, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

UAE apologises to Israeli judo team, but is it ‘too little and too late?’

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially apologised to Israel following a handshake snub during last week’s Abu Dhabi Grand Slam judo tournament. The Arab country did not, however, apologise for the tournament’s ban on Israeli symbols....writes Adam Abrams/JNS.org.