Israelis are openly enjoying the glitz of Dubai after a US-brokered peace deal allowed them to travel there for the first time in decades.
In scenes that would have been unthinkable just a few months ago, an Israeli bride and groom were pictured hoisted on the shoulders of skullcap-wearing groomsmen and carried toward the dance floor, where dozens joined the throng swaying and singing in Hebrew.
Noemie Azerad and Simon David Benhamou didn't just throw a somewhat normal wedding bash in the middle of a pandemic that has shut down their country and ravaged the world.
They were reveling in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, which—like most of the Arab world—had been off-limits to Israeli passport holders for decades.