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Abraham Accords
PM Netanyahu, left, greets US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin and UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs Obaid Humaid Al Tayer ahead of a ceremony during which Israel and the UAE signed four bilateral agreements at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, October 20, 2020 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
Senior UAE delegation comes to Israel; Netanyahu: ‘Today we are making history’
By Raphael Ahren
Israeli and Emirati officials sign visa exemption agreement and announce, together with the US, a $3 billion regional development fund
The head of the Israeli delegation, National Security adviser Meir Ben Shabbat (L), and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, sign the Israel-Bahrain accord formalizing diplomatic relations, in the Bahraini capital Manama, on October 18, 2020. US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin (C) looks on. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/AFP)
‘From friends to family’: Israel and Bahrain establish diplomatic relations
By Raphael Ahren
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (L), Prime Minister Benjamin Netqanyahu (C) and UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs Obaid Humaid Al Tayer (R) at Ben Gurion Airport, October 20, 2020 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
US, Israel, UAE announce establishment of $3 billion regional investment fund
By TOI staff
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, right, with Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the Pentagon, Washington, September 22, 2020. (Shmulik Almani/Defense Ministry)
October 21, 2020, 8:05 pm
Gantz heads to US for ‘security meeting’ with Pentagon chief
Discussions likely to focus on proposed sale of F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates as defense minister makes second trip to the US in a month
By Judah Ari Gross
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks to a group of students in Tehran, Iran, May 22, 2019 (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
October 21, 2020, 11:36 am
Iran’s Khamenei: Muslim nations reject ‘humiliation’ of compromise with Israel 
Islamic Republic’s supreme leader attacks idea of other Muslim nations normalizing with Jewish state, issues ominous warning to any with plans to do so
By TOI staff
An Arkia plane lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, on November 3, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 20, 2020, 6:36 pm
Israeli airline Arkia starts offering flights to Dubai from January
One way ticket to Gulf emirate to start at $149, company says; firm looking into launching lines to Bahrain as well
By TOI staff
Emirati official Omar Saif Ghobash (R) handing a letter to Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi at a ceremony in Israel on October 20, 2020. (Foreign Ministry)
October 20, 2020, 4:56 pm
UAE asks Israel to move quickly on establishing mutual embassies
Jerusalem says Emirati foreign minister sent official request to establish mission in Tel Aviv as soon as possible, is hoping Israel does the same in Abu Dhabi
By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (L), Prime Minister Benjamin Netqanyahu (C) and UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs Obaid Humaid Al Tayer (R) at Ben Gurion Airport, October 20, 2020 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
October 20, 2020, 2:15 pm
US, Israel, UAE announce establishment of $3 billion regional investment fund
Money will be for trade, infrastructure, energy security through provision of reliable access to electricity and clean water in the region; Netanyahu: ‘An investment in the future’
By TOI staff
PM Netanyahu, left, greets US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin and UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs Obaid Humaid Al Tayer ahead of a ceremony during which Israel and the UAE signed four bilateral agreements at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, October 20, 2020 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
October 20, 2020, 1:36 pm
Senior UAE delegation comes to Israel; Netanyahu: ‘Today we are making history’
Israeli and Emirati officials sign visa exemption agreement and announce, together with the US, a $3 billion regional development fund
By Raphael Ahren
The crew of an Etihad Airlines flight wave Israeli flags after landing at Ben Gurion Airport, October 19, 2020 (Sivan Farag)
October 20, 2020, 1:14 am
Israel to sign visa exemption agreement with UAE, its first with an Arab state
Netanyahu, Ashkenazi set to welcome first senior Emirati delegation to Israel, headed by country’s finance and economy ministers; sides will sign several bilateral agreements
By Raphael Ahren
Etihad plane lands at Ben Gurion, October 19, 2020 (Screen grab/Kan)
October 19, 2020, 7:49 am
Etihad flight lands at Ben-Gurion Airport as aviation ties with UAE take off
Plane, said to be first commercial flight from Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv, displays nations’ flags as it taxies through the airfield, a day after aviation agreement signed by 2 nations
By TOI staff
Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they wave the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo, File)
October 19, 2020, 12:44 am
Islamic State calls to attack Saudi Arabia over Israel’s deals with UAE, Bahrain
Terror group says accords amount to ‘betrayal’ of Islam, accuses Riyadh of complicity and urges assault on Western targets as well as oil and money sources of ‘tyrant government’
By AFP and TOI staff
The head of the Israeli delegation, National Security adviser Meir Ben Shabbat (L), and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, sign the Israel-Bahrain accord formalizing diplomatic relations, in the Bahraini capital Manama, on October 18, 2020. US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin (C) looks on. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/AFP)
October 18, 2020, 9:04 pm
‘From friends to family’: Israel and Bahrain establish diplomatic relations
At Manama event, Israel’s Meir Ben-Shabbat welcomes deal with another state from ‘family of Abraham’; Joint Communiqué establishes ‘diplomatic, peaceful, and friendly relations’
By Raphael Ahren
An Etihad airlines cargo plane at Ben-Gurion airport on June 9, 2020. (Moni Shiffer/Israel Airports Authority)
October 18, 2020, 7:39 pm
Israel, UAE agree on 28 weekly direct flights between Emirates, Tel Aviv
Governments also okay 10 cargo flights a week and unlimited charter flights to Eilat; reports indicate flights could launch within weeks
By TOI staff
An Israeli-US delegation being welcomed with a ceremony at the Bahraini International Airport on October 18, 2020. (Haim Zach/GPO)
October 18, 2020, 4:16 pm
Landing in Bahrain to sign deal, Israeli official stresses ‘genuine peace’ hopes
In first, El Al plane carries Israeli delegation to Manama to formalize relations: Bahrain FM: ‘I hope this visit marks another step on road to truly peaceful Middle East’
By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff
US officials make statements at Ben Gurion Airport ahead of the first direct Israel-Bahrain passenger flight. October 18, 2020 (Haim Tzach/GPO)
October 18, 2020, 6:16 am
Israeli delegation heads to Bahrain to establish formal diplomatic relations
‘For Bahrain, this is a historic day,’ Israeli official says ahead of departure of special El Al Flight 973; Jerusalem and Manama won’t sign bilateral treaty but a Joint Communiqué
By Raphael Ahren
Joint List leader Ayman Odeh speaks to reporters outside his home in Haifa on March 3, 2020. (Flash90)
October 18, 2020, 5:34 am
Joint List chief: Israel’s occupation, not Iran, is region’s main problem
Explaining his Arab-majority Knesset faction’s vote against Gulf deals, Ayman Odeh says pacts based on flawed, twisted logic; ‘We cannot accept this, either morally or nationally’
By TOI staff
Rabbi Yaakov Eisenstein (R) supervises the preparation of food Elli's Kosher Kitchen, in Dubai, on October 5, 2020 (GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP)
October 17, 2020, 1:06 pm
‘The main challenge is obtaining ingredients’: UAE gets ready to go kosher
Dubai restaurants embrace technology to allow supervision — stoves can be turned on by a rabbi remotely using a mobile application and the cooking monitored by cameras
By Shatha YAISH
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