Israel-UAE peace agreement

PMO denies that UAE warned Netanyahu about October 7 as Abu Dhabi refuses to comment

Abu Dhabi says it will not join Israel’s political debate after a report claimed Mohammed bin Zayed warned Netanyahu before October 7.

|ByANNA BARSKY, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
An illustration of the Israeli and UAE flags.
Illustrative image of Chabad emissary to the United Arab Emirates, Rabbi Zvi Kogan

Killing of Israeli rabbi in UAE may strengthen ties between Israel and Arab neighbors, experts say

As authorities investigate who is responsible for Kogan’s death, political circles in Washington, D.C., Israel, and the Gulf are asking a related question: What will this do to UAE-Israel ties?

|ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the funeral of Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, September 30, 2016.

Peace agreements are not the way to protect Israel's national security - opinion

Despite the need to adapt Israel’s concept of national security to the current era there are still those who maintain that peace agreements are the solution to Israel’s strategic situation.

|ByORI WERTMAN
Flags of United Arab Emirates and Israel flutter during Israel's National Day ceremony at Expo 2020 Dubai, in Dubai

Abraham Accords opened Israel to the Middle East's 'most dynamic trading hub'

Dorian Barak discusses the third anniversary of the Accords and how trade has been normalized and blossomed with countries in the region and globally.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Tourism is the key for civic ties between Israel and the MENA region

As a part of the tourism industry, I often come across Jordanians, Egyptians, Moroccans, Iraqis and other nationals from the Middle East who express great interest in visiting Israel.

OCTOBER 3, 2020ByEINAT LEVI
ReSalt, created by Hadas Cohen, uses salt waste in an innovative way to create ecological benches that can be used to promote eco-tourism around the Dead Sea. Cohen is a graduate student of the Holon Institute of Technology.

Are we witnessing a geopolitical realignment in the Middle East?

Saudi Arabia is likely to be the next country to sign an agreement with Israel.

OCTOBER 3, 2020ByMOHAMMAD AMJAD HOSSAIN
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump gave his major foreign policy speech addressing Muslims and Arabs in 2017 in Riyadh. Trump and first lady Melania Trump are welcomed by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at Al Murabba Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2017.

Israeli and Emirati companies join forces to develop COVID-19 treatment

The Israeli-Emirati joint projects aim to utilize each company's strengths in order to achieve results that will integrate the expertise of both companies.

OCTOBER 2, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Photos showing Pluristem CEO and COO Yaky Yanai, and Pluristem trials

Israeli, Emirati technology ministers discuss possible joint projects

"The entire world has its eyes on us. Together, we'll show them how this new kind of peace looks like."

OCTOBER 1, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Izhar Shay, Blue and White party, 2015

The geopolitics of future normalization of Arab-Israeli relations

Questions remains as to whether new peace deals will have a positive effect on future relations between the Arab world and Israel.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020ByALI EL AALLAOUI
The Arab League’s foreign ministers meet in Cairo February 1 after US President Donald Trump announced his Middle East peace plan

Israel makes peace with the UAE and Bahrain

The Abraham Accords usher in a new era, leaders proclaim

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020ByMARK WEISS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed wave from the White House balcony after a signing ceremony for the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House on Septem

Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the South African connection

South Africa has played and continues to play a role in the making of peace between Israel and the UAE.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020ByLEN JUDES
The Dubai-based kosher caterer, Elli Kriel

UAE: Palestinian state at ’67 lines a must despite peace deal with Israel

Palestinians have charged that the UAE and Bahrain had betrayed them by singing normalization deals with Israel.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 28, 2019

In wake of normalization, will the Palestinians board the peace train?

What is in Israel’s interests is to make overtures to the Palestinians, with support from the Gulf.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020ByJPOST EDITORIAL
President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a meeting with the Palestinian leadership to discuss the United Arab Emirates' deal with Israel to normalize relations, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 18, 2020

Victor or victim? Time to celebrate creativity

Creativity has emerged as as the most sought-after human asset.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020ByIDO AHARONI
NORMALIZATION SIGNALS the ultimate triumph of the Zionist idea – the call for Jewish self-determination.