Israel-UAE peace agreement

Killing of Israeli rabbi in UAE may strengthen ties between Israel and Arab neighbors, experts say

As authorities investigate who is responsible for Kogan’s death, political circles in Washington, D.C., Israel, and the Gulf are asking a related question: What will this do to UAE-Israel ties?

 Illustrative image of Chabad emissary to the United Arab Emirates, Rabbi Zvi Kogan
 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the funeral of Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, September 30, 2016.

Peace agreements are not the way to protect Israel's national security - opinion

 Flags of United Arab Emirates and Israel flutter during Israel's National Day ceremony at Expo 2020 Dubai, in Dubai

Abraham Accords opened Israel to the Middle East's 'most dynamic trading hub'

 Emirati Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets with Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen in New York City on September 20, 2023.

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen meets with Emirati Foreign Minister in NYC


Cabinet approves Bahrain peace deal ahead of Knesset vote

UAE treaty passes final ratification vote in cabinet.

Israeli government delegation signs an agreement with Bahraini officials in Manama, Bahrain, October 18, 2020

The Gulf Israel Women's Forum: forging ties across the gulf

The goal of the Forum is to unite women from the Gulf and Israel in friendship and business.

The Gulf-Israel Women's Forum brings children draped in the flags of Bahrain, Israel and the UAE to Jerusalem's Old City.

Netanyahu on coronavirus: Despite numbers falling, they will rise again

The lockdown "brought the numbers rapidly down, but they’ll climb back up because the virus is the virus is the virus."

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press statement at the PM's office in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2020.

Mark Esper: Peace treaties aim to build 'security construct' against Iran

"So many... countries in the region recognize that the biggest concern they have... is Iran and its maligned behavior," he said • Craft responding to Zarif: "You can't have it both ways"

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks to reporters at the Pentagon on March 5

Don’t expect UAE-style warmth when ties established with Sudan - analysis

In 2013, Sudan’s now-deposed dictator Omar al-Bashir vowed that his country would never normalize relations with the “Zionist enemy.”

Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok speaks during joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Khartoum, Sudan September 3, 2019

UAE submits official request to open embassy in Tel Aviv

The Emirati foreign minister said he appreciated Israel's efforts to support cooperation, and had every faith in support for the diplomatic mission.

UAE FOREIGN MINISTER Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (left) and his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi greet as they visit the Holocaust memorial prior to their historic meeting in Berlin, this week.

Jerusalem deputy mayor, senior UAE businessman discuss economic ties

"Business and economy are the best foundation to bring peoples of different nations together. Their interest becomes common, the safeguard of a long-lasting cooperation."

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum meets with UAE businessman Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor

The Joint List - On the wrong side of history with Israel-UAE deal

Not even one member of the party that represents the Arab minority in Israel thought that establishing ties with an Arab country is a cause worth supporting.

JOINT LIST MKs (from left) Mtanes Shehadeh, Ayman Odeh and Ahmad Tibi, and former MK Abd al-Hakeem Hajj Yahya meet at the Knesset, September 17, 2020

Israel, United Arab Emirates agree to sign commercial aviation deal

According to the agreement, which will be officially signed on Tuesday at Ben Gurion Airport, there will be 28 weekly passenger flights between Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Tel Aviv.

United Arab Emirates delegates wave to the departing El Al plane at the end of IsraelUAE normalization talks in Abu Dhabi on September 1

Majority of Arab News poll respondents happy Gal Gadot will play Cleopatra

The editors of the website seemed surprised by the results, headlining the article, “Shockingly, most Arab News readers in favor of Israeli actress Gal Gadot as Cleopatra.”

Actor Gal Gadot arrives to attend the National Board of Review awards gala in New York, U.S., January 9, 2018