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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

Yousef al-Otaiba

This handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency on November 10, 2023, shows Egypt's President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi (R) receiving Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in the Presidential Hall at Cairo International Airport. (Photo by Handout / Egyptian Presidency / AFP)
February 12, 2025, 8:21 pm
Hamas claims ‘positive signs’ as Qatar, Egypt scramble to resolve Gaza truce crisis
As Trump deadline looms, Witkoff warns of ‘big problem’ unless ‘something different occurring’ on hostages by Saturday; Sissi holds off on scheduling White House visit, works on alternative Gaza plan
By Agencies, Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian
The US Defense Department's Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (JLOTS) capability, as planned for Gaza. The department said on March 8, 2024, that components of the JLOTS include a floating pier, an approximately 1,800-foot-long causeway that will be attached to the shore, and a group of logistic support vessels and barges that will transport the aid from the pier to the causeway. (US Department of Defense)
March 9, 2024, 8:51 am
How the US military plans to build a floating dock for urgently needed aid to Gaza
Some 1,000 US troops involved in operation, with massive pieces of steel locking together like a huge LEGO system to form pier and causeway up to 550 meters long and two lanes wide
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers and settlers stare at the Palestinian village of Beita before evacuating the newly-established wildcat outpost of Evyatar near the northern Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank, on July 2, 2021 (Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)
September 14, 2023, 5:30 am
UAE envoy: De facto West Bank annexation unfolding, but our ability to stop it wanes
Israeli commitment not to enact its sovereignty over settlements in exchange for normalization with Abu Dhabi only extends until 2024, Yousef al-Otaiba says
By Jacob Magid
(L-R) UAE Ambassador to the US speaks during an event in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 25, 2018, and his Israeli counterpart Ron Dermer speaks at conference in Detroit, June 4, 2018. (Jon Gambrell; Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
December 17, 2021, 4:16 pm
Revealed: What Netanyahu really thought of UAE envoy’s peace for no-annexation offer
When landmark op-ed appeared, Israeli envoy Dermer called Emirati counterpart irate at being kept out of loop, and warned that Jerusalem would have no choice but to annex, ToI told
By Jacob Magid
Abraham Accords Peace Institute executive director Rob Greenway, Morocco's Ambassador to the US, Bahrain's Ambassador to the US Sheikh Abdullah bin Rashid al-Khalifa, UAE's Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba, former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, Israel's Ambassador to the US Gilad Erdan, Egypt's Ambassador to the US Motaz Zahran, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert at a Washington event marking the one year anniversary of the Abraham Accords on September 14, 2021. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
September 15, 2021, 12:21 am
Kushner warns against neglecting Abraham Accords at one-year anniversary event
Former Trump senior adviser says the potential normalization deals offer to region could be wasted if they’re not nurtured; Blinken to host administration anniversary event Friday
By Jacob Magid
In this September 15, 2020, file photo, from left; former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former US president Donald Trump, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, sit during the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
September 10, 2021, 3:05 am
Biden, Trump officials to attend DC event marking anniversary of Abraham Accords
Initiative’s co-architect Jared Kushner will offer opening remarks, followed by panel with UAE, Bahrain and Israel envoys to US; representatives from Egypt, Jordan will also attend
By Jacob Magid
UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba speaks on a Zoom panel organized by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on February 1, 2021. (Screen capture/YouTube)
February 2, 2021, 5:45 am
UAE ambassador: ‘Abraham Accords were about preventing annexation’
Envoy also confirms Netanyahu trip to Abu Dhabi next week, says bad blood between Emiratis and Palestinians can be overcome with show of good faith from Ramallah
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: US Air Force F-35A Lightning II’s at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, on November 16, 2019. (Joshua Williams/US Department of Defense)
December 10, 2020, 2:34 am
Senate votes down resolutions aimed at blocking $23b Trump arms deal to UAE
Splitting mostly on party lines, opponents fail to convince majority that Trump is rushing sale of F-35s and Reaper drones to nation involved in devastating Yemen bombing campaign
By Jacob Magid and AFP
Two US Navy F-35C Lightning II jets fly in formation during an exercise out of Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, November 16, 2018. (US Navy/Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon E. Renfroe)
December 9, 2020, 2:23 am
AIPAC says not opposed to US arms deal to UAE amid progressive backlash
Pro-Israel lobby cites recent normalization agreement between Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi, along with US assurances that weapons sale won’t harm Jewish state’s regional military edge
By Jacob Magid
Left: An F-35 fighter jet arrives at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington, Vermont, September 19, 2019. Right, Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the United States, walks through the Capitol in Washington on September 11, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite, Wilson Ring/ AP/ File)
December 7, 2020, 8:43 pm
Envoy: Israel ‘comfortable’ with US arms deal to UAE, keeps military edge
Envoy to US confident arms deal won’t harm Israel’s regional military edge, says he is more concerned about Biden’s plan to reenter Iran deal
By Jacob Magid
Emirati Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba at an event with then-US House speaker Paul Ryan, at the Emirates Diplomatic Academy, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 25, 2018. (AP/Jon Gambrell)
December 4, 2020, 6:47 am
UAE envoy: If US unwilling to supply weapons, we’ll have to turn elsewhere
Ambassador Yousef al-Otaiba rebuffs criticism of $23 billion arms deal, pointing out that Israel has given green light and rejecting claims of misconduct in Yemen
By Jacob Magid
Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the United States, speaks at an event in Detroit, on June 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya/File)
November 16, 2020, 9:16 pm
Israel’s US envoy: It would be a mistake for Biden to reenter Iran deal
Ron Dermer appears to be first Israeli official to speak out publicly against president-elect’s plans to renegotiate a ‘longer, stronger’ accord
By Jacob Magid
An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet performs during an air show over Tel Aviv on May 9, 2019, as Israel marks its 71st Independence Day. (Jack Guez/AFP)
November 11, 2020, 6:10 am
UAE diplomat: Talks with US on F-35s began after normalization deal was signed
Yousef al-Otaiba tells Israeli TV weapons sale to Abu Dhabi came up after Abraham Accords, not during negotiations; says Biden well-placed for talks with Iran
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Emirati Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba at an event with then-US House speaker Paul Ryan, at the Emirates Diplomatic Academy, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 25, 2018. (AP/Jon Gambrell)
September 29, 2020, 11:38 pm
UAE Envoy: We’re not a democracy, but public support allowed for normalization
Ambassador to US Yousef al-Otaiba says ‘genuine energy’ in Emirati street in favor of agreement with Israel; states threat of annexation is what sparked talks for alternative path
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians protest against the peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 15 September 2020. (Flash90)
September 29, 2020, 1:41 pm
A peace paradox: Sidelined Palestinians may finally have their leverage
Israel’s inroads in the Arab world are based on strategic necessity. The Palestinians can’t stop the new peacemaking, but they can set a high price for it
By Haviv Rettig Gur
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