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The council works to promote deals in the fields of science, technology, medicine, high tech, and agriculture, and consists of more than 50 businessmen in Israel and the UAE, many of whom recently participated in a conference through Zoom on August 18.
By Ariel Kahana
UAE Foreign Ministry director of policy planning says historic U.S.-Israeli delegation visit to Abu Dhabi was “promising,” but much work still remains.
By Josh Hasten
Rabbi Yissachar Krakowski and team prepared 300 kosher meals over the course of the two-day event in the United Arab Emirates.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley will happen, but not in the near future, says senior adviser Jared Kushner.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Monday flight on a Boeing 737-800 numbered #LY971• Return flight to Ben-Gurion Airport on Tuesday numbered #LY972.
Six of the UAE's most distinctive and impressive landmarks were sculpted from sand at Tel Aviv's Geula Beach.
The sanctions come despite the historic U.S.-brokered agreement last week to normalize relations between Israel and the UAE.
In an unusual move, the Prime Minister's office released a detailed denial to the report that Prime Minister Netanyahu approved the US sale of advanced F-35 aircrafts to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of the peace deal. Since the deal was revealed, Jared Kushner, the White House and reporters have made many claims […]
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The invitation was written in Arabic.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Muslims at Al Aqsa (on the Temple Mount) have threatened to assault and mistreat any Muslim who visits the holy site under Israeli auspices.
The UAE censored Israeli websites and blocked phone calls to and from Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
We condemn every form of normalization with the occupation, which we consider a stab in the back of the Palestinian cause,” said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum in a statement.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I feel as if I were reborn today,” the father of the family says. “I am so happy to have met all my children and grandchildren.”
The leaders of the Dubai congregation say they represent a growing trend in the acceptance of the Jewish State among its more benign neighbors in the region.
This joint initiative brings together some of the region’s most active players in the response to COVID-19.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Although Israel and the UAE don’t have formal diplomatic relations, the two nations have grown closer amid the Iranian threat.
By Israel Hayom
The message seems to be that while Abu Dhabi disagrees with Jerusalem on Israeli sovereignty, it won't be a roadblock to building relations with Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat tweeted that it is “a nice surprise reading a tweet in Hebrew” by a UAE official.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh says the refusal is due to the fact that the aid from Abu Dhabi was coordinated with Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel and the UAE do not have formal diplomatic relations.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Some 150 Emirati engineers, researchers and scientists have been working on the Emirates Mars Mission since the project was inaugurated in 2014, and is slated to arrive in Mars’ orbit by 2021.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"Continued Israeli talk of annexing Palestinian lands must stop," tweeted UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash.
The plane was carrying humanitarian aid for the Palestinian Authority.
No one pulled out the guns and knives yet, but that's always just a matter of time.
Playing the Israeli anthem at the podium, which has happened twice in the last month, would not have been possible until last year, when the United Arab Emirates reversed its ban of Israeli athletes using their country’s symbols such as the flag and anthem at tournaments hosted by the UAE.
Alon Leviev beat competitors from Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, as well as an athlete from Abu Dhabi, in the final, to win the gold in the under-55-kilograms (121 pounds) weight category.
All countries “without exception” were welcome to attend.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel received surprising support for its retaliatory strikes in Lebanon.
Ra’nem was a member of the delegation of PA businessmen who participated in the Peace to Prosperity summit in Manama last month.
The last time that Israelis have been allowed to visit Manama, Bahrain’s capital, en masse was in the halcyon days following the signing of the Oslo Accords on the White House lawn in 1993.
Hebron businessman Ashraf Jabari, who is leading the PA delegation, will speak at the conference.
A PA source said that Jordan agreed to participate in the Bahrain event after Jared Kushner, Trump’s close advisor, visited the Kingdom and gave his word that Jordan’s control of the holy sites in Jerusalem would not be compromised by the peace plan.
The summit is to serve as a major step towards the unveiling of President Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century” peace plan.
The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains more than 800 online channels in 50 languages.
Netanyahu said that the relationship between Israel and the Gulf States is growing.
Hezbollah are piloting the drones and aiming the missiles being used against the Saudi-led forces.
By JNi.Media
Haniyeh's choice for his plea for is interesting, since the Kuwaiti and Moroccan leaders are among the least sympathetic to the plight of his people in the Arab world.
By JNi.Media
The last time an international UN force was posted between Israel and the Gaza Strip was in May of 1967, and it packed up and left as soon as Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser ordered it to scram.
By JNi.Media
The meeting in Amman was with Crown Prince Hassan, since King Abdullah was out of the country.
By JNi.Media
Al Jazeera and the Turkish Anadolu Agency, both of which represent regimes that are hostile to Israel, have claimed that the delegation had been sent upon orders from Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
The UAE continues to show poor sportsmanship and bad manners.
By JNi.Media
It should be noted that Communications Minister Kara recently contacted GPO Director Chen and requested that the press cards of the entire Al Jazeera personnel in Israel be revoked on the grounds that the network was inciting and agitating to violence in a way that harmed the security of the state.
By JNi.Media
"It is our view that, after seven years, Mr Blair's achievements as envoy are negligible, even within his narrow mandate of promoting Palestinian economic development."
By JNi.Media
The inherent philosophy of the Iron Dome anti-missile system matches Ya'alon's inherent philosophy of risking life and treasure not to defeat and eliminate, but to catch and release the enemy.
By JNi.Media
The three Gulf states gave Qatari citizens two weeks to pack up their belongings and leave.
By JNi.Media
Hamas is second only to the PLO in its leadership's depth of corruption.
By JNi.Media
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Friday called President Donald Trump to congratulate him on his 'courageous decision which came in the interest of the region and the world.'
By JNi.Media
The Messiah can't be too far away, if Yishai Fleisher was invited by the Gray Lady to explain how Israel can remain Jewish and democratic without the two-state solution.
By JNi.Media
Democratic lawmakers are concerned the veto would ignite a showdown between the White House and Congress that would damage the president.
By JNi.Media
A senior IAF official said said the Americans downed Israeli planes in dogfights, "but we downed them, too."
By JNi.Media
In the immortal words of FDR, when someone asked him about the wisdom of supporting Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza, “He may be an SOB but he’s our SOB.”
By JNi.Media
"This is a scandal that requires Israel's comptrollers to conduct a deep inspection of the issues."
By JNi.Media
"Without the Jews the Arabs wouldn’t have even known to deposit their money in a bank."
According to Bahraini security, Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah gave the cell $20,000.
Oman has cultivated friendly relations with Iran, apart from the rest of the Gulf states.
The Address is one of the tallest, flashiest skyscrapers in a city packed with flashy, tall architecture.
State Dept. experts wanted to demote Oman for its record on human trafficking, but Kerry's advisers blocked the report to keep its ally on the same page for the Iran deal.
By JNi.Media
The UAE does not recognize the state of Israel, and a spokesperson for its foreign ministry stated that missions accredited to IRENA are limited to dealings with agency business, nothing more.
By JNi.Media
The PA has a consulate in Dubai and an embassy in Abu Dhabi. The UAE has a representative office in Ramallah.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Dept. of Transportation rejected a Kuwait Airways appeal that tried to rationalize discrimination.
By JNi.Media
Bahrain and some of its partners in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are currently negotiating to purchase Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system to defend against “a growing arsenal of Iranian missiles.”
Kerry reassures the Gulf States, who are gouging him for more arms and to force Israel out of Judea and Samaria.
Dore Gold pointed out to American Jewish Leaders that Israel and Sunni Muslims agree on Iran.
Prince Bandar said that "ObamaDeal" will "wreak havoc Prime Minister Netanyahu the Middle East."
Kuwaiti officials have identified the suicide bomber in Friday's deadly attack in Kuwait City as a Saudi national, Fahad Suleiman Abdulmohsen al-Qabaa, who flew into the country early Friday, according to the Kuwaiti state news agency KUNA. The terrorist blew himself up with a belt of explosives at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque, killing more than […]
The Arab world clearly distrusts Obama even more than Israel doubts him, although they are a bit paranoid.
Iranian National Guards ships fired on Singapore-flagged ship sailing in international waters
Saudi Arabian officials are warning the US, that they will match Iran's nuclear arsenal buildup.
Netanyahu tackled Obama with a speech in Congress. King Salman simply insults him with a royal snub.
If Iran blocks Bab-el-Mandeb, it would be an economic nuclear bomb for Egypt.
Saudi Arabia withdraws personnel from Aden. Iran calls Saudi strike a "strategic mistake."
Sunni countries in the Gulf have been accusing Iran of interference through several Shi'ite proxies in the region.
The Israeli decision came, according to al-Jarida, in response to U.S. and Iran secret talks—behind Israel's back—over Iran’s nuclear program.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar and the UAE, led by Sunni Muslims, share Netanyahu's fear of Obama making a bad deal with the Shi'ite regime.
After erasing Israel from its maps, HarperCollins is pulling and destroying all the factually incorrect atlases.
HarperCollins is doing exactly what the Palestinian Authority is doing – creating fiction so that it might become a fact.
She said she wanted to “experience the Arab world…their culture and daily life.”
US can't understand why the UAE is calling terrorist groups terrorist groups.
High-ranking members of the Muslim Brotherhood have been asked to leave Qatar and set up a new headquarters elsewhere.
Lady Gaga once again defies the BDSers and will appear in Tel Aviv on Sept. 13.
The US has been sidelined in the Middle East. Egypt, the UAE and the Saudis are the new police force.
By Rachel Levy
Arab media are salivating over Jewish squabbles about internal Israeli divisions on policy reported by wire services.
By JTA
An airline owned by the United Arab Emirates that is a partner with American Airlines has removed Israel from its flight map and refuses to transport Israelis. Etihad Airways’ travel-route map shows all countries in the Middle East with the exception of Israel and her major cities, the New York Post reported Monday. The airline […]
Islamic law forbids a one-way trip to Mars, a “fatwa” Muslim religious committee has ruled in the UAE (United Arab Emirates), the Khaleej Times reported Wednesday. “Such a one-way journey poses a real risk to life, and that can never be justified in Islam,” the committee said. “There is a possibility that an individual who […]
Has the United States done anything right in the Middle East in the last few decades?
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Two unusual events relating to Holocaust remembrance recently took place in the Arab world – a first official conference on the Holocaust in Tunisia and the first visit by an Arab diplomat to a Holocaust memorial site, when Bahraini ambassador to France Nasser Al-Balushi visited a memorial near Paris. The Middle East Media Research Institute […]
The 50 richest Arabs in the world have a combined wealth of slightly more than $266 billion, and 23 of them are from Saudi Arabia, according to Arabian Business figures quoted by the Saudi Gazette. The oil-rich kingdom’s richest man, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, has a personal wealth of $12.6 billion. His bank account surged […]
The Pentagon is fielding more than 35,000 troops in the Persian Gulf as a “bulwark against aggression.”
By JoeSettler
Ask yourself, what would happen if Saudi Arabia were to change its buying habits?
Saudi Arabia is loudly silent on the deal with Iran, but its royal billionaire prince who owns part of Twitter and Apple says “we” are concerned. And guess who is “We”? Saudi Arabia and Israel.
By Shalom Bear
Hamas continues to reach out to fellow radical Islamists following the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
A Dubai woman has been cleared of the charge of showing a man the finger when she stopped her vehicle to take photos of a classic car, Gulf News reports. The Turkish man alleged that the 45-year-old Russian woman showed him the finger when he sounded his horn and demanded she move her car because […]
Most New Yorkers have heard the expression "gay-dar," which refers to someone's ability to determine whether another person is gay and straight. But Kuwaitis are claiming that their government will soon be able to administer a medical test to determine whether those entering the country are gay. Foreigners coming into the GCC countries are already […]
Fat busters who participated in the Dubai Your Weight in Gold campaign, are set to receive a total of 35 pounds of gold worth about just under $800,000, Gulf News reported. More than 10,000 residents participated in the 30-day program, launched by Dubai Municipality from July 19 to August 16. "The one-month-long health awareness campaign […]
A supersize ambulance to cope with the growing number of obese patients in the emirate has been unveiled by the Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services, Gulf News reports. The Dh1 million vehicle, the first of its kind here, features a lift gate capable of hoisting 650 lbs. and an extra wide stretcher. The corporation received […]
John Kerry says an Israeli-Peace peace pact is “important to “regional security and stability.” ZOA says he is full of nonsense: Arab wars on Israel have nothing to do with their own internal problems.
Saudi Arabia has agreed to support an American-led attack on Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stated on Sunday in Paris, where he met with Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elarab and nine Arab foreign ministers. He said “a number of [Arab] countries” are ready to sign a joint declaration blaming Syrian President Bassar […]
The Arab League, split on whether to back U.S. intervention in Syria, has categorically denied reports that its member states will give the United States air cover in the event of a military attack on the Assad regime. It told the United Nations is backs “deterrence” but avoided using the word “intervention,” despite Saudi Arabia’s […]
Gulf states supporting Syria rebels in the civil war against Syrian President Bassar al-Assad have sent them 400 tons of arms, opposition sources told Reuters Sunday. Most of the shipments contained ammunition for anti-=-aircraft machine guns and shoulder-fired weapons. The ammunition and arms cross into northern Syria form Turkey. The movement of weapons for rebels […]
Israel is seeking an increase in U.S. military aid because of increasing security needs and new US sales of advanced weapons to Arab nations in the Middle East, Defense News reported. Israel is seeking a surge in future US Foreign Military Financing (FMF) grants not only to support its growing security requirements, but to offset […]
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