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“When troubling events such as the situation in Afghanistan occur in the world, we have an obligation to act as leaders,” said Aaron Frenkel.
“The more we strengthen the bonds between these countries, the more we will remove a tool from propagandists and agitators who have used [the Israeli-Palestinian] conflict for decades to divert from their shortcomings at home and maintain their grip on power,” said Jared Kushner, chairman and founder of newly established Abraham Accords Peace Institute.
Ahead of the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords, some of the resulting benefits of normalization that many don’t know about.
Israeli head of mission in Dubai Ilan Sztulman and wife Jacqueline with their newborn daughter, Mia, on Aug. 14, 2021. Photo courtesy of Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Meet the first Israeli baby born in United Arab Emirates
Mia Sztulman Starosta Lembert, daughter of the head of mission and the economic development director at Israeli consulate in Dubai, was born on Aug. 14.
Trade between Israel and the United Arab Emirates alone has reached nearly $600 million; it’s expected to reach $1 billion by the end of the year.
Dr. Ali Al Nuaimi, chairman of Defense, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee at the UAE Federal National Council, in a special interview marking the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords.
Business, governmental and academic ties are blossoming between Israel and the UAE a year after normalization began.
Sheba Medical Center staff in the hospital's coronavirus isolation ward, in Ramat Gan, Israel, July 20, 2020. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90.
In first, Israel and UAE exchange organ transplants
A three-way kidney swap between patients and their relatives in Israel and Abu Dhabi was made possible by Abraham Accords collaboration.
Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, Israel. Credit: Courtesy.
Israeli woman donates kidney to patient in UAE, part of medical exchange
“There will be more organ transplants in the next couple of months,” said a spokesperson for Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer.
Israeli and United Arab Emirates flags on the side of a road in the city of Netanya, Aug. 16, 2020. Photo by Flash90.
Amir Hayek named Israel’s first ambassador to United Arab Emirates
The former Israel Hotel Association president is “the right person to establish the bridge between Israel and the Emirates,” says Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.
Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks at a ceremony on July 21, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
Bennett speaks with UAE crown prince on bilateral ties in first official call
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan agreed to be in contact and to meet in the future.
Berta Balilti said seeing photos of brides-to-be trying on gowns was “very exciting.”