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Members of the Armenian community protest a contentious deal to hand over a large section of the Armenian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem for a hotel project, May 19, 2023. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
In Jerusalem’s Old City, Armenian community members fear eviction over land deal
By AP and ToI Staff
Outrage over sale to Australian-Israeli businessman partnered with Emirati hotel group prompts Armenian patriarch to go into hiding and leads to defrocking of broker priest
Members of the Armenian community protest a contentious deal to hand over a large section of the Armenian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem for a hotel project, May 19, 2023. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
June 7, 2023, 3:37 pm
In Jerusalem’s Old City, Armenian community members fear eviction over land deal
Outrage over sale to Australian-Israeli businessman partnered with Emirati hotel group prompts Armenian patriarch to go into hiding and leads to defrocking of broker priest
By AP and ToI Staff
US climate envoy John Kerry (left) and Energy Minister Israel Katz shake hands at a meeting in Jerusalem, June 2, 2023. (Oded Karni)
June 2, 2023, 4:15 pm
Visiting US climate envoy Kerry meets ministers on water, solar projects with Jordan
In Jerusalem, former top diplomat talks with Israel Katz about plans to swap energy for desalinated water, discusses moves to combat warming with Idit Silman
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) receives an invitation to the COP28 climate summit in November in Dubai from Mohamed Al Khaja, the UAE ambassador to Israel, May 25, 2023 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
May 23, 2023, 1:00 am
After months of delays, Netanyahu receives invitation to visit UAE for world summit
PM, along with Herzog, invited to attend global COP28 climate confab in November; individual visit by Israeli premier to Abu Dhabi was canceled months ago and not yet rescheduled
By Lazar Berman
President Isaac Herzog (left) meets with UAE President Mohammed Bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi on December 5, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
May 9, 2023, 2:57 pm
How Israel came to the UAE’s aid after the 2022 Houthi missile strikes
Book on Abraham Accords reveals extent of Jerusalem’s security assistance to Abu Dhabi, unlike what Emiratis felt was lackluster support from the US
By Jacob Magid
Diplomats from Muslim countries serving in Israel and local Muslim leaders attend an iftar meal hosted by the Israeli Foreign Ministry April 2, 2023. (Sivan Shachor/GPO)
May 3, 2023, 4:55 pm
Gulf ambassadors skipped Foreign Ministry ‘iftar’ to send message – European official
Diplomat says absence of UAE and Bahrain envoys during recent dinner event was intentional, as Israel’s ties with Arab allies have yet to stabilize under Netanyahu government
By Lazar Berman
Ahmed al-Mansoori, director of the Crossroads of Civilizations Museum, shows visitors around the Holocaust Gallery, in Dubai on January 11, 2023. (Karim Sahib/ AFP)
April 30, 2023, 9:20 pm
Yeshiva University to hold 1st of its kind Jewish studies conference in UAE
New York Modern Orthodox college will partner with Mohammed Bin Zayed University for Humanities in Dubai, as Gulf state boosts Jewish education programs following Abraham Accords
By Luke Tress
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, right, arrive to attend a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Feb. 23, 2023. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)
April 26, 2023, 4:09 pm
After pressing Jerusalem for Ramadan calm, US lauds Israeli handling of holiday rows
Police raid of Al-Aqsa on holy month’s second week nearly sparked regional conflict; Israeli conduct — pushed by US, UAE and Jordan — helped calm hostility, but concern remains
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises Muslim voters that he will ensure that there are direct flights between Israel and Saudi Arabia, March 23, 2021 (screen capture)
April 14, 2023, 11:44 am
Israel’s efforts to forge Saudi ties said on ice as tensions with Palestinians spike
Plan for direct Tel Aviv-Mecca flight for Hajj pilgrimage reportedly shelved as Riyadh takes issue with Netanyahu government’s actions; relations with UAE also take a hit
By ToI Staff
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu, left, Religious Zionism party head Bezalel Smotrich and other party leaders in a group photo after the swearing-in of the 25th Knesset, November 15, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 6, 2023, 10:15 am
Is Netanyahu’s government botching the Abraham Accords?
With no high-level visits and growing condemnations from Arab partners, the 2020 pacts are clearly in a slump, but they are here to stay
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his office in Jerusalem on a phone call with UAE leader Mohammed Bin Zayed, on August 13, 2020. (Kobi Gideon/PMO)
April 5, 2023, 1:11 am
Netanyahu speaks with UAE leader, says they agreed to meet; no confirmation from UAE
Call comes amid recent strain in bilateral ties; Emirati readout says Abu Dhabi committed to working ‘to avoid regional escalation and advance a path to peace and stability’
By Ash Obel
In this image released by the Emirates News Agency, WAM, Major General Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the UAE State Security Department poses for an official portrait in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on February 15, 2016. (Ryan Carter/Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi, WAM via AP)
March 30, 2023, 12:33 am
UAE leader designates eldest son as crown prince, next in line for presidency
State-run news agency announces that President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has named son Khaled as his successor
By AP
The Leviathan natural gas platform off the shore of Israel. (Albatross)
March 28, 2023, 3:14 pm
UK’s BP teams up with Abu Dhabi state oil group to buy 50% of Israel’s NewMed Energy
Offer values NewMed, a key stakeholder in Israel’s Leviathan offshore gas field, at about NIS 14.1b ($4b); tentative deal is called a ‘testament’ to Israel-UAE ties
By Sharon Wrobel
In this handout phot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applauds as Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and UAE Ambassador to Israel Mohamed al-Khaja exchange signed copies of the custom agreement between the countries, March 26, 2023. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
March 26, 2023, 9:00 pm
Israel-UAE free trade deal takes force as customs agreement inked in Jerusalem
Netanyahu says pact will boost business between nations, ‘bring down the cost of living’; 96% of traded products to be exempt from customs
By Lazar Berman
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends breakfast with the foreign ministers of Gulf Cooperation Council nations during the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 23, 2022. (David Dee Delgado/Pool Photo via AP)
March 26, 2023, 6:45 pm
Gulf states ask US to respond to Smotrich’s comments on Palestinians
Gulf Cooperation Council ministers blast comments, in fresh sign Israel’s ties with Arab world are heading south; UAE condemns law repealing West Bank disengagement
By Lazar Berman
Fidaa Kiwan. (Courtesy)
March 26, 2023, 3:21 am
After Herzog plea, UAE frees Israeli woman serving life sentence for drug smuggling
Fidaa Kiwan, originally sentenced to death after being caught with cocaine, has said she was set up; Emirati ruler grants pardon as gesture to Israeli president; she returns home
By ToI Staff
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