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Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah

UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, left, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, September 26, 2025. (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs via X)
September 27, 2025, 3:22 pm
Meeting Netanyahu, Emirati FM calls for Gaza truce, hostage release, 2-state solution
Top UAE official says minister conveyed Abu Dhabi’s position ‘closing the file on Israeli annexation of Palestinian territories’; no immediate comment from Prime Minister’s Office
By ToI Staff
Dried dates sold at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on August 25, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 21, 2024, 11:40 am
Ban on date imports said to pit UAE against Israel’s Agriculture Ministry
Relations sour as delivery of Emirati national fruit recently turned back in accordance with plant protection regulation, in what Abu Dhabi calls ‘deviation from diplomatic norms’
By ToI Staff
Otzma Yehudit leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir at the scene of a terror attack near the entrance to Jerusalem, on November 23, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
December 1, 2022, 4:11 pm
UAE invites Ben Gvir to Tel Aviv reception, despite having warned against him
Emirates’ foreign minister had told incoming PM Netanyahu that including far-right leader and his partner Smotrich in government could harm ties
By Lazar Berman
President Isaac Herzog and Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan shake hands during a reception hosted by the UAE to mark the second anniversary of the Abraham Accords, September 15, 2022. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
September 16, 2022, 10:29 am
Herzog says planning to soon visit Bahrain, hopes normalization with Sudan advances
At event marking 2 years since Abraham Accords, president cites ‘mutual desire’ between Jerusalem, Khartoum to improve ties; praises visiting Emirati FM as ‘man of peace’
By Michael Horovitz
UAE ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja (third from left), runner Avi Solomon (center), and Times of Israel diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman (second from right) before their run in Tel Aviv, November 18, 2021 (Maria Troyanker/UAE Embassy)
November 23, 2021, 6:41 am
Setting the pace: The UAE’s envoy to Israel, an inspiring Israeli athlete… and me
Mohamed Al Khaja accompanies blind runner Avi Solomon as he prepares for the Abu Dhabi marathon, and tells this breathless hack why UAE-Israel ties will be a model for peace
By Lazar Berman
UAE Ambassador to Israel Muhammad Al Khajah with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, October 19, 2021 (Haim Tzah/GPO)
October 19, 2021, 5:47 pm
Bennett meets UAE, Bahrain envoys, is invited to Abu Dhabi for state visit
PM discusses expansion of Abraham Accords with ambassadors, says ‘the stronger the bonds of our countries become, the stronger regional security and stability will become’
By Lazar Berman
Emirati Ambassador Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah (R) and President Isaac Herzog at the official opening of the UAE embassy in Tel Aviv, July 14, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 14, 2021, 10:40 am
‘Just the beginning’: UAE opens Tel Aviv embassy as sides hail ties
President Isaac Herzog attends opening of mission at Stock Exchange building following agreement last year to normalize diplomatic ties
By Tal Schneider
UAE envoy Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah, left, meets Shas party spiritual leader Rabbi Shalom Cohen in Jerusalem, May 30, 2021. (Screenshot: YouTube)
May 31, 2021, 1:14 pm
Top ultra-Orthodox rabbi tells UAE envoy Temple Mount shouldn’t concern Jews
Shas party spiritual leader Shalom Cohen and Emirati ambassador Al Khajah meet, agree that recent violence at Jerusalem holy site is ‘crazy’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Jews and Arabs sharing an Iftar (break-fast) meal together during the month of Ramadan, in the town of Tayibe, June 9, 2016. (Dov Lieber/Times of Israel)
April 24, 2021, 10:36 pm
Local authorities cancel Iftar meal amid row over UAE ambassador’s participation
Arab locals tell Federation of Local Authorities chair Haim Bibas they want to prevent ‘politicization’ of break-fast event
By ToI Staff
UAE Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Mahmoud Al Khajah, right, and Start-Up Nation Central's CEO Eugene Kandel; April 11, 2021 (Eyal Marilu)
April 13, 2021, 10:38 am
Joint Israel-UAE taskforce to study ways to boost tech cooperation
Nonprofit Start-Up Nation Central and UAE’s Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Mahmoud Al Khajah to set up team to help connect Emirati and Israeli entrepreneurs in host of fields
By Shoshanna Solomon
The UAE's first ambassador to Israel, Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah in Jerusalem on March 1, 2021. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
March 29, 2021, 9:24 am
New UAE ambassador tweets Passover greetings in Hebrew
Mohammad Al Khajah calls to celebrate ideals of ‘freedom and hopeful new beginnings,’ says he is looking forward to returning to Israel soon
By ToI Staff
The UAE's first ambassador to Israel, Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah, with President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem on March 1, 2021. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
March 5, 2021, 9:51 am
‘Feels a lot like Dubai’: New UAE ambassador ends preliminary Israel visit
Mohammad Al Khajah thanks Tel Aviv for ‘warm greeting,’ promises to return soon after meeting leaders, scouting out location for embassy
By ToI Staff
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with the UAE's new ambassador to Israel Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah at his Jerusalem office on March 2, 2021. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
March 2, 2021, 8:29 pm
Netanyahu meets with first UAE envoy: ‘We’re changing the region’
PM holds first meeting with Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah after the latter’s arrival in Israel Monday
By ToI Staff
The UAE's first ambassador to Israel, Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah, presents his credentials to President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem, on March 1, 2021. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
March 1, 2021, 6:23 pm
‘A shared mission’: Israel officially receives first-ever UAE ambassador
Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah visits Jerusalem, meets with President Rivlin and FM Ashkenazi; is set to sit down with Netanyahu and scout out site for embassy
By ToI Staff and AFP
Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (R) meets with Emirati Ambassador to Israel Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah on March 1, 2021 (Foreign Ministry)
March 1, 2021, 11:15 am
UAE’s 1st ambassador meets with FM Ashkenazi during visit to Israel
Mohammad Mahmoud Al Khajah expected to present credentials to Rivlin and meet Netanyahu; will look for home and site for embassy
By ToI Staff
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