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The transportation project, launched without publicity amid U.S.-brokered Saudi-Israel normalization talks, has picked up steam due to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, says Israeli firm.
The Israeli president was in the United Arab Emirates to attend the COP28 U.N. Climate Conference.
Abu Dhabi sent the equipment needed to set up the medical center to Sinai.
“Those terrorist organizations don’t respect human life,” says Emirati official Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi.
“The people are mobilized by emotion, the leaders by interests.”
The United Arab Emirates was the first Arab country to directly condemn the Hamas attacks.
The initial reports of the attack come amid high tensions in the region.
“Every person we put on a flight back to Israel is a great achievement,” Consul General of Israel in Dubai Liron Zaslansky said.
The Gaza-based terror group’s assault on Israel was “serious and grave escalation,” said the Gulf kingdom.
Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with his Emirati counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
“If I can see peace being made in the Middle East perhaps … we can have a similar peace accord in the U.S. congress,” said Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.).
The Emirates’ ambassador to the U.S. said the Israeli commitment to suspend sovereignty plans for Judea and Samaria expires in 2024.
