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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 340

Gulf states

Illustrative: The 40th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 10, 2019. (Amr Nabil/AP)
May 22, 2024, 2:45 pm
Iran attack on Israel looms large as US seeks Gulf backing for missile shield
US officials attending summit in Riyadh are hoping to push Mideast allies to set aside mutual distrust for regional defense project, pointing to success against Tehran last month
By Reuters
The high-rise commercial building serving as the modern headquarters of Banque Misr (Bank of Egypt), in Cairo on February 9, 2023. (Amir MAKAR / AFP)
February 15, 2023, 6:39 am
Strapped for cash, Egypt sells off state assets to eager Gulf nations
Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are swooping in to buy shares in national companies, while also demanding economic reform and greater transparency
By Bassem Aboualabass
The Emirati and Israeli flags fly overhead as Israeli President Isaac Herzog gives a speech at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)
January 3, 2023, 11:05 am
Israel’s Gulf tourism hopes fall short as visitors remain scarce
The lack of Emirati and Bahraini tourists reflects Israel’s long-standing image problem in the Arab world and reveals the limits of the Abraham Accords, experts say
By Isabel Debre
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP)
May 25, 2022, 11:06 am
UAE becomes 2nd Middle Eastern country after Israel to detect monkeypox
Case found in 29-year-old woman arriving from West Africa, Emirati health officials say, adding that it has established ‘precise mechanisms for diagnosing suspected patients’
By AFP
Uri Pearl and Joy Malka Rothenberg from a delegation of the Abrahamic Business Circle present a Dove of Peace scuplture by Daniel Kafri to the King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (Bahrain Royal Court)
April 2, 2022, 9:35 am
Bahrain’s king hosts Israelis who give him peace sculpture to mark Abraham Accords
Members of business ties group invited to palace to give King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa ‘Dove of Peace’; ‘We are all sons of Abraham,’ king says, adding he intends to visit Israel
By ToI Staff
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, left, listens to Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha, Qatar, February 21, 2022. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
February 21, 2022, 1:33 pm
Iran hails ‘progress’ in nuclear talks, as Raisi insists on end to sanctions
In trip to Doha, Iranian President Ebraham Raisi meets Qatari Emir Sheikh al-Thani, a close US ally, and says ‘lifting of sanctions’ is necessary to ‘reach an accord’
By Tim Witcher
Britain's Prince William talks to British School Al-Khubairat students Amaan Haider, 13, left, and Lilly-Rose Mayall, 12, at the Al-Jubail Mangrove Park in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
February 10, 2022, 11:45 am
Climate change at the center of Prince William’s first UAE trip
British royal hopes to draw attention to The Earthshot Prize, which seeks solutions to the world’s greatest environmental problems
By Aya Batrawy
Hezbollah fighters hold their group's flag as they stand in front of a statue of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and swear their oath of allegiance to him, during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of his assassination, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on January 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
January 30, 2022, 5:46 am
Lebanese foreign minister rejects Gulf nations’ demand that Hezbollah disarm
Iran-backed terror group is a ‘Lebanese party par excellence’ and handing over its weapons is ‘out of the question,’ says Abdallah Bouhabib
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Main picture: Rabbi Jacob Yisrael Herzog in Riyadh, 2021. (Courtesy)
December 27, 2021, 6:23 am
In Saudi Arabia, a rabbi angles to lead a Jewish community that doesn’t exist
Jacob Herzog is loudly trying to build Jewish life in a country where non-Islamic displays are forbidden, raising concerns among local Jews who prefer to stay under the radar
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
In this August 13, 2020 file photo, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
December 24, 2021, 6:47 pm
Jared Kushner raises over $3 billion in committed funding for new firm — report
Sources involved tell Reuters fund-raising efforts to continue, as Affinity Partners investment firm hopes to close first deal in 2022
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, December 4, 2021. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)
December 7, 2021, 7:31 am
In flurry of diplomacy, Saudi crown prince tours Gulf states, Erdogan heads to Qatar
Mohammed bin Salman kicks off six-nation trip in Oman as he aims to reduce geopolitical differences, build cooperation; Turkish president expected to sign new accords in Doha
By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy
Then-senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner, attending a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2020. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
November 28, 2021, 11:23 pm
Kushner seeking Mideast investments for newly founded firm — NYT
Officials from Qatar and the UAE have so far reportedly declined to invest in Affinity Partners; Saudi Arabia said still negotiating
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Promotional material for Jewish Singles in the Gulf, a dating website for Jewish singles living in Gulf countries. (Association of Gulf Jewish Communities)
October 31, 2021, 8:41 pm
New Jewish dating site launched for Gulf Jews
UAE and Bahrain Jewish leadership say that with new service for singles, young Jews ‘more likely to get married here and establish their families here’
By Shira Hanau
Meretz MK Issawi Frej at a party conference in Tel Aviv, on January 14, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 10, 2021, 6:36 pm
Minister: Israel holds direct contacts with Saudis, others in Gulf to fight Iran
Issawi Frej, the regional cooperation minister, says he hopes to see ties grow; Saudi Arabia has previously said there will be no normalization without Israeli-Palestinian peace
By ToI Staff
Mossad chief Yossi Cohen attends US Independence Day celebrations at the residence of US ambassador David Friedman in Herzliya, July 3, 2017. (Heidi Levine, Pool via AP/File)
May 26, 2021, 1:05 pm
Mossad head could join Mnuchin fund, possibly violating waiting period – report
Yossi Cohen, whose term ends June 1, reportedly had talks with ex-US treasury chief weeks ago, even though his current work and planned investment fund both deal with Gulf states
By ToI Staff
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