UAE
“Continued Israeli talk of annexing Palestinian lands must stop,” tweeted UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash.
The West Bank and the Gaza Strip have reported 391 cases of the coronavirus with two deaths.
“The Iranian regime uses revenues from petroleum and petrochemical sales to fund its terrorist proxies, instead of the health and well-being of the Iranian people,” said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
As a World Tour competitor, the Israeli team qualified to participate in the 2020 UAE Tour, which begins in Abu Dhabi and consists of a 148-kilometer course across all seven United Arab Emirates.
It will eventually supply a quarter of the country’s domestic energy needs.
Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to boost ties between Arab nations and the Jewish state, it included talk of a nonaggression pact.
While some media outlets reported “muted” responses and even loud objections from the Arab world, the reality seems to be the opposite.
Israel confirmed in December that it will take part in the Dubai expo, where 190 countries will showcase their cultures, collaborations and innovations from Oct. 20, 2020 to April 20, 2021.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz had planned to attend the Expo 2020 in Dubai, but was “instructed by security officials” to put off the visit due to the uptick in tensions between Iran and the United States.
A tip from Israel’s Unit 8200 reportedly led to the arrest of Australian-Lebanese Khayat brothers for attempting to bomb an Etihad Airlines flight in 2017.
Alon Leviev, 17, in the juniors 55-kilogram-and-under weight category, beat an athlete from Abu Dhabi in the final after competing against athletes from Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.
Participation highlights “continued progress in normalization with the Arab states,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
