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Tourism in UAE

Cantor and Jewish Community of the Emirates (JCE) Co-founder Alex Peterfreund (right), Chief Rabbi of the UAE Yehuda Sarna (center) and JCE President Ross Kriel hold Torah scrolls at V Hotel Dubai, where the community's Passover services and meals were held, on April 4, 2021 (Miriam Herschlag/TOI)
April 19, 2021, 2:16 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 19 – Dubai’s Jewish community comes fully out of the shadows
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By ToI Staff
Israeli singer Omer Adam poses for a photo with a falcon in the United Arab Emirates (Instagram photo)
December 8, 2020, 10:55 pm
Israeli singers scolded for posing with endangered falcons in UAE
Bird expert tells singers’ managers that precious few falcons are left in the wild, with as many as 8,400 trapped each year to be trained for sport
By Sue Surkes
Members of an Israeli high-tech delegation walk past a poster of Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum during a meeting with Emirati counterparts at the headquarters of the Government Accelerators in Dubai, on October 27, 2020. (Karim Sahib/AFP)
November 29, 2020, 9:56 pm
Jerusalem fears attacks on Israelis visiting UAE following Iran hit
Security officials reportedly concerned that Israeli tourists could be targeted by terror attacks in Gulf in response to killing of top nuclear scientist
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
DP World and Israeli Agrexco officials at the Fresh Market in Dubai, Nov. 2020 (DP World)
November 26, 2020, 10:03 pm
UAE welcomes Israeli tourists, but can they follow its authoritarian rules?
Groundbreaking peace deal rapidly grows kosher hospitality to make the Emirates a hot destination for wanderlust Sabras, but local Jews warn of strictly enforced social norms
By Sam Sokol
An Israeli tourist shows his passport after he lands in Dubai on the inaugural commercial Flydubai flight from Ben Gurion Airport to Dubai, November 26, 2020 (Screen grab/Channel 12)
November 26, 2020, 9:34 pm
200 Israelis land in UAE as flydubai plane returns after inaugural Israel flight
‘A dream come true,’ says one passenger on landing in Dubai; the UAE state-owned budget airline has launched twice-daily Dubai-Tel Aviv flights
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, at a ceremony welcoming the first commercial flydubai flight to Israel, at Ben Gurion Airport, November 26, 2020 (Avi Ohayun/GPO)
November 26, 2020, 2:19 pm
First commercial Emirati flight lands; Netanyahu hails a ‘new era’
UAE’s state-owned airline flydubai offers twice-daily Dubai-Tel Aviv flights; PM predicts ‘with great confidence’ that more states will normalize relations with Israel soon
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: A waiter wears a face mask as he carries beer through a restaurant in Vienna, Austria, May 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
September 22, 2020, 4:07 pm
Abu Dhabi abolishes permit system for buying alcohol
UAE capital pours itself a much-needed drink during coronavirus pandemic, dreams of a day tourists can come and enjoy license-free alcohol under the sun
By AFP
Israeli model May Tager, left, covers herself with an Israeli flag next to Anastasia Bandarenka, a Dubai-based model who covers herself in a UAE flag on the set of a photo shoot in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, September 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
September 13, 2020, 1:43 pm
Emiratis are ‘enthusiastic’ about peace with Israel, senior UAE official says
‘There needs to be trust’ for bilateral ties to flourish, Hend al-Otaiba says on controversial F-35 deal with US; vows Abu Dhabi’s support for Palestinians ‘will never diminish’
By Raphael Ahren
Two men play backgammon while smoking a shisha water pipe at a restaurant overlooking the canal and the Dubai Marina neighborhood in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on May 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
August 31, 2020, 11:01 pm
UAE and Israel deal opens doors to business
From coronavirus cooperation to oil sales: The key areas where the Jewish state and its new Arab partner share economic interests
By AFP
Emirates aircraft, parked on the tarmac at Dubai International Airport, July 8, 2020. (KARIM SAHIB / AFP)
August 20, 2020, 3:39 pm
Oil, tech, travel: Israel, UAE eye economic benefits of normalization deal
With both economies suffering from coronavirus pandemic, pact seen as presenting considerable opportunities for growth via cooperation in various sectors
By AFP and ToI Staff
The tombstone of David, son of Moses, in Ras al-Khaimah's National Museum, on the backdrop of Abu Shabi's skyline (Department of Antiquities and Museums, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE; Nousha Salimi/AP Images)
August 17, 2020, 12:33 pm
Ancient relics and a futuristic interfaith hub: 4 Jewish things to do in the UAE
Even in the heart of the Gulf, Jews do have some Emirati history — as well as a growing contemporary presence
By ToI Staff
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