Jumping Jehoshaphat! Have you seen how many Israelis just visited the UAE?
FILE Israeli journalists and entrepreneurs tour Dubai on Oct. 26, 2020. The United Arab Emirates announced a series of legal changes over the weekend that improved protections for women, loosened regulations on alcohol consumption and expanded the ability of noncitizens to follow foreign laws for inheritance and divorce.. (Dan Balilty for the New York Times)
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3rd Mar 2021
I was Googling around the other day for a factoid: how many Israelis had visited the United Arab Emirates since the signing of their normalisation agreement, known as the Abraham Accords. Answer: more than 130,000.
The United Arab Emirates is geared for innovation.Credit.Luca Locatelli/Institute
I was Googling around the other day for a factoid: how many Israelis had visited the United Arab Emirates since the signing of their normalization agreement, known as the Abraham Accords. Answer: more than 130,000.
Jumping Jehoshaphat, Batman! In the middle of a global pandemic, at least 130,000 Israeli tourists and investors have flown to Dubai and Abu Dhabi since commercial air travel was established in mid-October!
I believed from the start that the openings between Israel and the U.A.E., Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan forged by Jared Kushner and Donald Trump could be game-changing. We are still in the early phase, though, and having lived through the shotgun marriage and divorce of Israelis and Lebanese Christians in the 1980s, I will wait a bit before sending wedding gifts.
Israel Today reveals that Israel’s resurgence has not necessarily improved relations between Jews and Christians.
Israel’s rebirth is like a mirror that when held up to the Christian world reflects their faith. The resurrection of Israel in its Promised Land represents an unprecedented challenge to the Church. For with the return of the Jewish nation to their biblical homeland, God’s will and His promise have been fulfilled, technically speaking.
This also proves that the Old Testament is not obsolete, as much of the Church has been preaching for millennia. Consequently, the Church has also interpreted much of the New Testament incorrectly. The Catholic Church has slowly come to realize this over the past few decades, and has gradually adjusted its political and spiritual stance regarding Israel.