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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Israel’s top diplomat to the United Arab Emirates attended a ceremony in Dubai on the grounds of the Arabian Peninsula’s first permanent exhibition to commemorate the Holocaust. Hours earlier, he’d attended an event establishing a joint venture between an Israeli and Emirati company.
The receptions on Wednesday were the clearest indication since a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip came into effect last week that the devastating 11-day war between Hamas and Israel and the violence that gripped Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque in the days preceding it have had no visible impact on the UAE’s commitment to establishing deep ties with the state of Israel.
UAE and Israel press ahead with ties after Gaza ceasefire
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Last Updated: May 27, 2021, 04:20 PM IST
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At least 254 Palestinians were killed, including 66 children, in the Gaza Strip during the war. Another 1,948 people were wounded, according to Gaza s health ministry, which does not differentiate between fighters and civilians. Twelve people were killed in Israel, including an Israeli soldier and two children.
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Neighborus gather in a clearing strewn with debris from an air-strike prior to a cease-fire that halted an 11-day war between Gaza s Hamas rulers and Israel, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip
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Israel s top diplomat to the United Arab Emirates attended a ceremony in Dubai on the grounds of the Arabian Peninsula s first permanent exhibition to commemorate the Holocaust. Hours earlier, he d attended an event establishing a joint venture between an Israeli and Emirati company.
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Ahmed Al Mansoori, founder of Crossroads of Civilization private museum, passes by a painting presenting UAE and Israel friendship at an exhibition commemorating the Jewish Holocaust, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 26, 2021. (Kamran Jebreili/AP)
Israel’s top diplomat to the United Arab Emirates attended a ceremony in Dubai on the grounds of the Arabian Peninsula’s first permanent exhibition to commemorate the Holocaust. Hours earlier, he’d attended an event establishing a joint venture between an Israeli and Emirati company.
The receptions on Monday were the clearest indication since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip came into effect last week that the 11-day military conflict between the Hamas terror group and Israel and the violence that gripped Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in the days preceding it have had no visible impact on the UAE’s commitment to establishing deep ties with the state of Israel.