Israeli-Gulf relations

Bahrain's Gulf Air to offer direct Israel flights starting in June

The announcement comes less than a year after the two countries agreed to establish formal ties as part of the Abraham Accords.

Al-Monitor Staff | Bahrain | Apr 19, 2021

The Bahraini, Israeli and US flags are pictured attached to the Boeing 737 aircraft of Israel's El Al, adorned with the word "peace" in Arabic, English and Hebrew, ahead of the flight to Bahrain's capital, Manama, at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Oct. 18, 2020.

Israel, Greece, Cyprus, Emirates hold strategic meeting

Top foreign affairs officials of Israel, Greece, Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates meet in Cyprus.

Rina Bassist | Israel | Apr 16, 2021

Israel celebrates Independence Day with taste of peace

Israelis experience peace with Emiratis, Bahrainis and Moroccans, the way they never experienced it with their Egyptian or Jordanian neighbors.

Rina Bassist | Israel | Apr 15, 2021

Rabbi Levi Duchman leads more than 200 local Jewish residents and tourists in celebrating Passover at the Address Hotel Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 27, 2021.

EgyptAir seeks additional flights to Tel Aviv

Israeli media outlets hailed EgyptAir’s decision to operate and increase the number of flights to Tel Aviv as a sign of a boost in Israel-Egypt ties.

George Mikhail | Egypt | Apr 8, 2021

This picture taken on Jan. 16, 2020, shows an EgyptAir Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jet parked on the tarmac at Cairo International Airport outside the Egyptian capital.

Sudan’s Cabinet votes to repeal 1958 Israel boycott

Once approved, the move could further open economic ties with Israel.

Al-Monitor Staff | Israel | Apr 7, 2021

Sudanese businessman Abu al-Qassem Bortoum

UAE ambassador confident US F-35 deal will be fulfilled

"You can't … take tools away from your partners who are expected to do more," Ambassador Yousef al-Otaiba said Monday.

Al-Monitor Staff | United Arab Emirates | Feb 2, 2021

Kushner, Berkowitz nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Israel-Arab deals

The two received the nomination for their work on Israel’s normalization deals with Arab states. An activist from Western Sahara was also nominated.

Al-Monitor Staff | Originals | Feb 1, 2021

Emirati investors highly interested in Israeli high-tech, agro-tech

According to estimates, $1 billion in investments between Israel and the United Arab Emirates were made in the last two months of 2020.

Danny Zaken | United Arab Emirates | Jan 27, 2021

A member of an Israeli tech delegation uses his phone in a video call during an evening meeting with Emirati counterparts at a hotel in Dubai on October 25, 2020. - Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed on October 19 to visa-free travel, an unprecedented arrangement between Israel and an Arab state, signed after the first ever official UAE delegation landed in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel reopens liaison office in Morocco

The mission's reopening comes a month after Israel and Morocco agreed to establish diplomatic and economic ties.

Al-Monitor Staff | United Arab Emirates | Jan 26, 2021

Israeli minister makes first ever visit to Sudan

Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen met with a top Sudanese leader, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and invited him to visit Israel.

Rina Bassist | Israel | Jan 26, 2021

Israel opens embassy in Abu Dhabi

Ambassador Eytan Na’eh arrived yesterday to Abu Dhabi, officially opening Israel’s first embassy to the United Arab Emirates.

Rina Bassist | Israel | Jan 25, 2021

Israel, Qatar in contact over Gaza as Bibi plans Gulf trip

According to reports, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi has been in contact over the phone with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, mostly over financial aid to the Gaza Strip.

Rina Bassist | Originals | Jan 22, 2021

BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 6: UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan and his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi greet as they visit the Holocaust memorial together with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas prior to their historic meeting on October 6, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. The foreign ministers of Israel and the United Arab Emirates visited the Holocaust Memorial during their first meeting since their countries signed a US-brokered deal to normalize relations. (Photo by Michele Tantussi-P

Trump orders US Central Command to include Israel amid strategic shift

The decision caps the outgoing administration's efforts to build a regional defense arrangement to counter Iran.

Jared Szuba | Israel | Jan 15, 2021

Israel turns its back on French-Egyptian Mideast initiative

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi rejected the invitation for meeting French, German, Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers in Cairo, citing the nationwide lockdown in Israel as an excuse.

Rina Bassist | Israel | Jan 15, 2021

Foreign Ministers of (L to R) Germany Heiko Maas, Jordan Ayman Safadi, Egypt Sameh Shoukry, and France Jean-Yves Le Drian, hold a joint press conference after a meeting to discuss the Middle East peace process, in the Egyptian capital Cairo, on January 11, 2021. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

With Sudan signing Abraham Accords, Israel tightens grip in Africa, Red Sea basin

With Sudan signing today the Abraham accords for renewal of diplomatic ties, Israel is sending feelers also to other Red Sea basin countries for establishing some sorts of relations.

Rina Bassist | Israel | Jan 5, 2021

Israeli-Gulf relations

Bahrain's Gulf Air to offer direct Israel flights starting in June

The announcement comes less than a year after the two countries agreed to establish formal ties as part of the Abraham Accords.

Israel, Greece, Cyprus, Emirates hold strategic meeting

Israel celebrates Independence Day with taste of peace

EgyptAir seeks additional flights to Tel Aviv

Sudan’s Cabinet votes to repeal 1958 Israel boycott

UAE ambassador confident US F-35 deal will be fulfilled

Kushner, Berkowitz nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Israel-Arab deals

Emirati investors highly interested in Israeli high-tech, agro-tech

Israel reopens liaison office in Morocco

Israeli minister makes first ever visit to Sudan

Israel opens embassy in Abu Dhabi

Israel, Qatar in contact over Gaza as Bibi plans Gulf trip

Trump orders US Central Command to include Israel amid strategic shift

Israel turns its back on French-Egyptian Mideast initiative

With Sudan signing Abraham Accords, Israel tightens grip in Africa, Red Sea basin

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