Thousands of Israelis flock to UAE
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January 1, 2021
DUBAI: It was a scene that just a few months ago would have been unthinkable. As Emiratis in flowing white robes and headdresses looked on, the Israeli bride and groom were hoisted on the shoulders of skullcap-wearing groomsmen and carried toward the dance floor, where dozens joined the throng swaying and singing in Hebrew, international media reported on Thursday.
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. The pair was among tens of thousands of Israelis who had flocked to the UAE in December after the two countries normalised ties in a breakthrough US-brokered deal.
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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.