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UAE ambassador hosts Israeli government officials for Ramadan iftar at Emirati embassy

Speaking before a crowd that included President Isaac Herzog, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, Al Khaja framed peace with Israel as a strategic choice.

FEBRUARY 26, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Emirati Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja at a Ramadan iftar hosted by the Emirati embassy in Tel Aviv on February 26, 2026.

Hamas members stand at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

How Hamas turns Palestinian death into a political strategy - opinion

Hamas frames death as heroism while protecting its own, all while exploiting the suffering of the Palestinian people.

FEBRUARY 7, 2026|BySALEM ALKETBI

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives The President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 16, 2022.

The Gulf’s Cold War: How Saudi-UAE rivalry is tearing the region apart - opinion

At its core, the Saudi-UAE feud reflects fundamentally incompatible visions of regional order.

FEBRUARY 1, 2026|ByAMINE AYOUB

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi and UAE National Security Adviser, arrive at Doha International Airport, in Doha, Qatar, September 10, 2025

UAE celebrates its 54th anniversary as it presses for ceasefire progress, Gaza plan - analysis

UEA's 54th anniversary celebration since the union's creation was focused on the nation's role in improving the humanitarian situation in Gaza and on demands for the ceasefire plan.

DECEMBER 2, 2025|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Association of Gulf Jewish Communities celebrates one year anniversary

The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities marks its first anniversary, after a year of connecting and supporting Jewish communities in the Gulf.

FEBRUARY 13, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

CANDLE LIGHTING at the Jewish Council of the Emirates’ Hanukkah party last year, with the participation of Hamdan Al Kindi of AC (Abrahams Consultancy) Partners, considered a close friend of the Jewish community, with Elie Abadie, senior rabbi of the Jewish Council (L), looking on.

Israel, UAE open call for research into space

This project is the first cooperation between the two countries in the field of space.

FEBRUARY 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel’s Minister of Science, Technology and Space Orit Farkash and the UAE’s Minister of State for Advanced Technology Sarah Al Amiri signed the historic agreement together at Expo 2020’s World Space Week

UAE proceeding with planned $10b. Israel investments

UAE Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed has reportedly decided to unfreeze the $10 billion in investments in Israeli companies that he promised former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

FEBRUARY 2, 2022ByDANNY ZAKEN/GLOBES/TNS

Israeli President Isaac Herzog with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The miracle of Jewishness in Dubai and UAE

A new dawn rises in the Middle East and with it the possibility of Jews and Muslims reaching out to each other as God’s creations and Abraham’s children.

JANUARY 31, 2022ByRABBI SHMULEY BOTEACH