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Sunlight reflects off the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, during a rain shower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
UAE’s first-ever kosher restaurant launches in world’s tallest building
By TOI staff
Dubai’s Armani/Kaf, located inside hotel, will also offer its menu as room service and in deliveries around the city
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stands with Sudanese Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the head of the ruling sovereign council, in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. (Sudanese Cabinet via AP)
US, UAE said holding ‘decisive’ meeting with Sudan over Israel normalization
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan wave from the Truman Balcony at the White House after they participated in the signing of the Abraham Accords, where the countries of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognize Israel, in Washington, DC, September 15, 2020. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Marking ‘dawn of new Middle East,’ Israel signs historic deals with UAE, Bahrain
By TOI staff, Jacob Magid and Agencies
Bank Leumi's chairman Samer Haj Yehia, fourth from left, High Excellency Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, the UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade, fifth from left, and CEO Hanan Friedman, second from right, with UAE officials; Sept. 14, 2020 (Courtesy)
Israel’s Bank Leumi, UAE banks sign accords to promote business ties
By Shoshanna Solomon
Sunlight reflects off the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, during a rain shower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
September 22, 2020, 9:31 am
UAE’s first-ever kosher restaurant launches in world’s tallest building
Dubai’s Armani/Kaf, located inside hotel, will also offer its menu as room service and in deliveries around the city
By TOI staff
UAE delegates wave to the departing El Al plane at the end of Israel-UAE normalization talks in Abu Dhabi, September 1, 2020. (El Al Spokesperson's Office)
September 21, 2020, 11:52 pm
UAE envoy: Broad support for deal shows Israelis want peace more than annexation
Ambassador to US al-Otaiba confident West Bank sovereignty off table for ‘significant period of time,’ Israelis will see normalization deal’s benefits
By Jacob Magid
A screenshot from a webinar during which Israeli journalists, officials and communications professionals discussed the media's role in advancing Arab-Israel peace with media professionals from numerous Arab countries, September 21, 2020 (courtesy)
September 21, 2020, 6:49 pm
Bahrain, UAE, Saudi, Sudan, Algeria media folk join Israelis in historic webinar
In unique, 2-hour Arab-Israel meet, reporters, officials from across region discuss journalists’ role in warming ties; Rivlin sends letter inviting Arab participants to Israel
By Raphael Ahren
The port of Haifa. September 13, 2008. (Jorge Novominsky/Flash 90)
September 21, 2020, 3:34 pm
Israel’s Bank Leumi, Dubai’s DP World to explore regional shipping cooperation
Memorandum of understanding between major financial house and leading port operator covers work on developing ports, logistic assets and trade finance
By TOI staff and AP
Illustrative: An Emirati television anchor and his guest prepare for a program at the Arab Media Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
September 21, 2020, 2:58 pm
Israeli, UAE film agencies ink deal to work together on film and TV production
Emirati students to study at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem, as part of agreement signed days after normalization ceremony
By AP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stands with Sudanese Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the head of the ruling sovereign council, in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. (Sudanese Cabinet via AP)
September 20, 2020, 8:37 pm
US, UAE said holding ‘decisive’ meeting with Sudan over Israel normalization
Report says Khartoum asking for billions in economic assistance in return for agreement with Jerusalem; if demands met, announcement could come within days
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
View of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 29, 2018. (Aijaz Rahi/AP)
September 20, 2020, 12:45 pm
Dubai conglomerate Al Habtoor is latest UAE company to announce Israel plans
Company deals in real estate, education, hospitality, automotive industries among others; says it will open Israel office, work with Israir on direct flights
By TOI staff and AP
Fatah official Azzam Al-Ahmad, left, visits Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
September 20, 2020, 10:14 am
Top Fatah official talks of ‘Zionist territorial designs from Nile to Euphrates’
Railing against Israel’s peace deals with UAE and Bahrain, Azzam Al-Ahmad claims Palestinians are defending all Arab nations from Israel’s expansion plots
By TOI staff
Yehuda Sarna, Chief Rabbi of the United Arab Emirates, blows the shofar in Dubai, September 18, 2020 (video screenshot)
September 19, 2020, 4:54 pm
UAE’s chief rabbi blows shofar in Dubai in new video
Yehuda Sarna’s clip is a fitting gesture at the end of a historic week that saw Abu Dhabi formalize relations with Israel, bolster ties to its own Jewish community
By TOI staff
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, speaks to his father, King Salman, at a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh, December 9, 2018. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
September 19, 2020, 1:17 pm
Saudi royal family said divided over possible future ties with Israel
Crown prince said to be in favor of the move as it could bring business opportunities, coordination over Iran, but king is solidly committed to Palestinian demand for state
By TOI staff
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, Pool)
September 19, 2020, 10:49 am
Report: UAE crown prince skipped White House signing over PM’s annexation stance
Saudi news site says Emirates’ de facto leader resented Netanyahu saying annexation still on table; report denies claim UAE pushed for Gantz, Ashkenazi to be excluded from talks
By TOI staff
Martin Kramer
September 19, 2020, 10:36 am
Martin Kramer
Israel’s vulnerable new friends
Ties with Israel shore up US backing at a time when huge wealth disparities in the UAE and Bahrain, both ruled by minorities, threaten their stability
Screen shot from a video call between Mohamed Khalifa Al-Mubarak, chairman of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Abu Dhabi, and Israel's Foreign Ministry Director-General Alon Ushpiz, September 17, 2020. (Screen capture)
September 17, 2020, 11:27 pm
Top Israeli, UAE officials say new ties will make countries ‘close family’
Israelis should ‘feel at home, feel accepted’ in Abu Dhabi, says head of emirate’s Department of Culture and Tourism in video call with Israeli FM chief Alon Ushpiz
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the flight back from the Israel-UAE-Bahrain normalization accords ceremony at the White House, September 16, 2020. (Facebook)
September 17, 2020, 5:56 pm
Picture of Netanyahu apparently sleeping on plane floor stirs debate
PM seen snoozing on his return flight from Israel-UAE-Bahrain normalization accords ceremony at White House, after plans for private jet were nixed
By TOI staff
Illustrative: People trade during the International Diamond Week at the Israel Diamond Exchange center in Ramat Gan, Feburary 10, 2015 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 17, 2020, 3:39 pm
Israeli and Dubai diamond exchanges sign trade agreement
Chairman of the Dubai Diamond Exchange says deal ‘will attract businesses to the emirate as well as boost the regional and international trade of this precious stone’
By AP
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