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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned the UAE event during his speech at Israel’s official ceremony in Jerusalem.
Speaking of Israel’s normalization agreements with the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan, Netanyahu said “there is a tremendous change in the Arab world” and noted the Holocaust remembrance ceremony being held in Dubai.
“Who would have believed?” he said.
The ceremony in Dubai included a delegation of Jewish and Arab Israelis, Channel 12 reported. Several dozen social media influencers in the Gulf were to join them and organizers said they hoped they would pass on the stories of survival and remembrance.
In both Dubai and Bahrain, the ceremonies were also part of the Yellow Candle Project, a global community campaign to memorialize the victims of the Holocaust.
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The attacker was armed with a Carlo Gustav homemade submachine gun.
“The terrorist opened fire at the police station,” police said in a statement. “Israel Police and Border Guard Police officers chased the attacker and shot him. A police officer fell during the chase and was injured. No one else was hurt.”
Police confirmed late Monday night that in addition, an accomplice was arrested and his car was impounded.
Following the incident in the Old City of Jerusalem, there was reportedly an incident near the entrance to the Temple Mount, according to the Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service.