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Among the mission’s key drivers was a desire to showcase regional technology and know-how “founded on coexistence,” says former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon.
Haifa resident Fida Kiwan was arrested last year after half a kilogram of cocaine was found in her Dubai apartment.
The agreement, the first of its kind between Israel and an Arab country, must now be signed and ratified by both countries.
The six foreign ministers announced that this first-of-a-kind meeting would become a regular event.
The fact that Arab leaders are meeting at a kibbutz in the Negev is “an Israeli dream come true. Even 10-15 years ago, it would have been considered prophetic,” said Hillel Frisch, of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.
The main topic of discussion will be Iranian aggression in the region.
The three Arab countries scheduled to attend were all part of the Abraham Accords signed in the fall of 2020.
Jonathan Spyer, a researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, said it’s “the latest episode in the effort to rehabilitate the Syrian president and return him to legitimacy in the Arab world and internationally.”
Its main thesis: Arab thinkers since the end of the 19th century, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood, have viewed aspects of the Zionist enterprise as models the Arab world should adopt.
The company runs 227 stores and 24 malls in 22 countries in the Middle East, Asia, Europe and the United States.
Emirates Airline announces daily flight service between Dubai and Tel Aviv
After repeated delays, the service will launch on June 23.
The partnership will focus on the exchange of researchers, experts and collections; archival research; access to library resources; and joint events and conferences.
