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UAE's new ambassador Al Khaja in multi-day high level meetings with Israeli officials

Israel Gulf Report

Mar 4, 20212 min read

UAE's new ambassador Al Khaja in multi-day high level meetings with Israeli officials

It has been a busy and exciting few days for the new United Arab Emirates ambassador to Israel. Ambassador Mohamed Al Khaja presented his...

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Peres Center for Peace and Innovation hosts UAE delegation

Israel Gulf Report

Feb 20, 20212 min read

Peres Center for Peace and Innovation hosts UAE delegation

In a unique event a delegation from the United Arab Emirates came to the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation. This comes after the...

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Israel Gulf Report

Feb 14, 20212 min read

First UAE ambassador to Israel sworn in

The UAE announced that it had sworn in its new and first ambassador to Israel on February 14. Mohamed Alkhaja (Mohammed Mahmoud al-Khaja)...

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Israel Gulf Report

Jan 24, 20212 min read

Israel to open temporary embassy in UAE

Israel said on Sunday, January 24, 2021 that it would open a temporary embassy in Abu Dhabi, in the UAE. "The Israeli embassy in Abu...

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Incoming Secretary of State Blinken praises Abraham Accords in Senate hearing

Israel Gulf Report

Jan 20, 20211 min read

Incoming Secretary of State Blinken praises Abraham Accords in Senate hearing

Incoming US Secretary of State Antony Blinken intends to keep the US embassy in Jerusalem and listen to allies, he said during hearings...

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Eitan Na'eh will be Israel's charge d'affaires in UAE as embassy takes shape

Israel Gulf Report

Jan 5, 20211 min read

Eitan Na'eh will be Israel's charge d'affaires in UAE as embassy takes shape

Israel will have a new diplomat in the UAE in coming days. Since the Abraham Accords were signed Israel has been looking forward to have...

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Rabbi Marc Schneier predicts Gulf reconciliation will accelerate normalization

Middle East Center for Reporting an Analysis

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Rabbi Marc Schneier predicts Gulf reconciliation will accelerate normalization

Rabbi Marc Schneier, an adviser to leaders in the Gulf, has said over the past month that he believed there will be more peace deals. In...

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Can the “Abrahamic narrative” grow beyond the Gulf states?

Israel Gulf Report

Jan 3, 20214 min read

Can the “Abrahamic narrative” grow beyond the Gulf states?

By DAVID M. WEINBERG The speed with which Israeli ties to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have taken off, and the warmth experienced...

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Israel Gulf Report

Dec 15, 20201 min read

Israel hopes for embassy in UAE in 2021

A report says that Israel is scouting locations for an embassy in the UAE and hopes to open it in 2021. Khaleej Times broke the story on...

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Israel's President Rivlin speaks to King Hamad of Bahrain

Middle East Center for Reporting an Analysis

Dec 15, 20201 min read

Israel's President Rivlin speaks to King Hamad of Bahrain

Israeli president Reuven Rivlin spoke to the King of Bahrain on December 14. It is the latest important meeting with Bahrain. Two...

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Delegation from UAE, Bahrain light Hannukah candles in Israel, meet President Rivlin

Israel Gulf Report

Dec 15, 20202 min read

Delegation from UAE, Bahrain light Hannukah candles in Israel, meet President Rivlin

A group from the UAE and Bahrain have been in Israel over the weekend of December 11-December 14 and participated in many events,...

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Oman could be next to normalize ties, as Morocco says it has 'special ties' with Jewish community

Middle East Center for Reporting an Analysis

Dec 14, 20201 min read

Oman could be next to normalize ties, as Morocco says it has 'special ties' with Jewish community

New developments in the region after the Abraham Accords suggest that Oman could also normalize ties with Israel in the wake of Morocco's...

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Anwar Gargash to 'All Israel News' about need for Palestinian political solution

Middle East Center for Reporting an Analysis

Dec 13, 20201 min read

Anwar Gargash to 'All Israel News' about need for Palestinian political solution

On December 8 the United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs spoke to Joel Rosenberg in an interview posted on All Israel...

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Read Israel Foreign Minister's speech at Manama Dialogue conference

Israel Gulf Report

Dec 13, 20204 min read

Read Israel Foreign Minister's speech at Manama Dialogue conference

Israel Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi's speech at the Manama Dialogue conference. Following his meeting with Bahrain's foreign minister...

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Unprecedented, historic Hanukkah celebrations in Dubai bookend week of important meetings, events

Israel Gulf Report

Dec 11, 20203 min read

Unprecedented, historic Hanukkah celebrations in Dubai bookend week of important meetings, events

Unprecedented and historic Hanukkah celebrations began in Dubai on December 10. The celebrations continued into Friday as Shabbat set in....

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World Jewish Council President welcomes Morocco normalizations with Israel

Middle East Center for Reporting an Analysis

Dec 11, 20202 min read

World Jewish Council President welcomes Morocco normalizations with Israel

Peace appears to be blooming in the Middle East as the US announced a new normalization that will likely occur with Morocco. Morocco and...

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Guzansky on the decades that led to today's Israel-Gulf relations

Middle East Center for Reporting an Analysis

Dec 7, 20206 min read

Guzansky on the decades that led to today's Israel-Gulf relations

Dr. Yoel Guzansky is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) specializing in Gulf politics and...

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Rosenberg and All Israel News report on first Israeli mayor trip to Dubai

Middle East Center for Reporting an Analysis

Dec 7, 20201 min read

Rosenberg and All Israel News report on first Israeli mayor trip to Dubai

Joel Rosenberg and All Israel News first reported that "a delegation of 15 Jewish and Arab mayors from Israel have arrived in Dubai for...

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Israel FM Ashkenazi speaks at IISS Manama Dialogue conference

Israel Gulf Report

Dec 7, 20201 min read

Israel FM Ashkenazi speaks at IISS Manama Dialogue conference

Israel's Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi spoke to the IISS Manama Dialogue conference. "The Abraham accords do not come at the expense of...

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Manama Dialogue 2020: In wake of peace deal, Israel's participation increases

Israel Gulf Report

Dec 5, 20202 min read

Manama Dialogue 2020: In wake of peace deal, Israel's participation increases

The Manama Dialogue conference in Bahrain began on December 4 and lasts through Sunday, December 6. The IISS Manama Dialogue is a...

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