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Emirates Flight Catering, a division of the Emirates Group which also owns Emirates Airline, is to open a dedicated Kosher food production facility at its factory on the edge of Dubai International Airport (DXB) in the United Arab Emirates. The announcement comes just days after Israel and the UAE signed formal treaties to normalize diplomatic…
The Israel-United Arab Emirates deal will be felt throughout the region. //
The Israel-United Arab Emirates deal will be felt throughout the region.
Thomas L. Friedman
By Thomas L. Friedman
Opinion Columnist //
I have followed the Middle East for too long to ever write the sentence “the region will never be the same again.” The forces of sectarianism, tribalism, corruption and anti-pluralism run deep there. But there are other currents — young men and women who are just so tired of the old game, the old fights, the old wounds being stoked over and over again. You could see them demonstrating all over the streets of Beirut last week demanding good governance and a chance to realize their full potential.
The U.A.E. and Israel and the U.S. on Thursday showed — at least for one brief shining moment — that the past does not always have to bury the future, that the haters and dividers don’t always have to win.
It was a breath of fresh air. May it one day soon turn into a howling wind of change that spreads across the whole region.
"I think we gotta cheer President Trump's style.". //
During an interview on Newsmax TV, [former Director of National Intelligence Richard] Grenell told Spicer & Co. that only an outsider like Trump could change the “calculus” in the Middle East that could lead to the signing of historic deals between Israel and its Muslim neighbors, most of which at one time or another have vowed to “push Israel into the sea.”
“Today a historical agreement would not happen if not for the fact Donald Trump is an outsider. If you play by the Washington, D.C., rules, you don’t get to this point because you listen to the Europeans on, say, the JCPOA Iran deal [aka Obama’s Iran nuclear deal].
“The Iran deal was really a bad deal for America.”
Grenell told host Sean Spicer that Trump’s decision to decertify the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was misrepresented by the American media. (Try to control your shock and amazement.)
“The Europeans complained, but many Arab governments cheered, and our media really missed that. They weren’t able to get that nuance. They just immediately went with the criticism of the Europeans.” //
Omar Ghobash, who serves as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) assistant minister for public and cultural diplomacy.
In response to a question from Fox News anchor Bret Baier about how much credit he gives Trump for the historic deals, Ghobash said:
“It is a truly remarkable achievement — even for us, citizens of the Arab world looking out. It is a remarkable achievement and it comes in a particular context which is incredibly important —we in the Emirates have been trying to push an agenda of communication, engagement, dialogue, tolerance. And this in the wake of the terror that ISIS wrought right across the region.
“And so, to find a U.S. Administration that takes us up on that and assists us in coming to peace with the Israelis, this is the first peace between an Arab state and the Israelis in 26 years. It’s a remarkable achievement in itself both for the administration and the American people, and for which I think we’re very grateful.”
Nancy Pelosi unavailable for comment.
Here is what's in it for both sides and why the time was right for a deal.
President Trump’s geopolitical paradigm shift could possibly mean peace between Israel and the Arab World
But wait! There's more! //
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President @realDonaldTrump says five to six additional countries will be "coming along" for more peace deals:
"You're going to see a lot of very great activity. It's going to be peace in the Middle East."
The experts all said it couldn't be done. //
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ANOTHER TRUMP PEACE DEAL: Bahrain will normalize ties with Israel, Bahrain Crown Prince will be in DC Monday. @realDonaldTrump is expected to make an offical announcement later Friday from the White House - Times Of Israel
9:48 AM · Sep 11, 2020
Three-fourths of the Arab countries normalizing relations with Israel in the past 50 years have done so in the past two weeks. Do the math.
As part of a covert effort to evacuate Ethiopian Jews to Israel, Operation Solomon took place in 1991 and airlifted over 14,000 out of Ethiopia. The airlift consisted of Israeli Defence Force Hercules C-130 transports as well as Boeing 747s and 707s from El Al. Amid this massive operation, one particular flight was extra special in that it broke the capacity record for the 747.//
When all was said and done, the Israeli aircraft made 40 continuous flights over a 36-hour period. //
the 14,000 Ethiopian Jews were flown nearly 2,600km from the airport at Addis Ababa to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv (Israel) in a mere 36 hours. This was initially designed to be a 10-to 15-day evacuation but was reduced to 48 hours. However, Operation Solomon was so well-executed that the task was complete by midday Saturday. //
Record for the most passengers carried on a commercial jet goes to Israel’s national airline, El Al, with a record of 1088 passengers. Secret Israeli agents smuggled Jews out of Ethiopia in 1991 during “Operation Solomon”. During the flight, 2 babies were born on the Boeing 747.
A joint statement released by the United States, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the State of Israel announced the 'establishment of full diplomatic relations.' //
According to the joint statement, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani will sign the official “Declaration of Peace” on Sept. 15 at the White House.
It's always been deeper than they let on. //
Take Trump’s recent triumph in garnering a deal between the UAE and Israel, which also lead to an avalanche of other normalization moves by Arab countries towards the Jewish state. The President has been nominated for a Nobel Prize for the success.
President Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for helping broker a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, according to a report.
Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament and chairman of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, submitted the nomination, Fox News reported.
“For his merit, I think he has done more trying to create peace between nations than most other Peace Prize nominees,” Tybring-Gjedde told Fox News.
The deal that led to that nomination was by far the most significant move toward peace in the Middle East in decades. And that’s precisely why it drove the foreign policy establishment, dominated by the left and Never Trump types, so insane. For years we’ve been assured by their “expertise” that such a quasi-alliance between Israel and the Arabs was not only impossible, but not preferable because it would only inflame tensions with the Palestinians. They were wrong. Again.
Unfortunately for the country, they’ve been wrong many times before. They were wrong about China. They were wrong about Iraq. They were wrong about how to fight in Afghanistan. They were wrong about Libya. They were wrong about the Arab Spring. They were wrong about Iran. They were wrong about Russia. They were wrong about Syria. I could keep going for a few more hundred words just listing major foreign policy failures by those who are held up as our intellectual betters. //
Zaid Jilani
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Bill Clinton on what would happen when the U.S. granted China normal trade relations. "It will strengthen those within China who fight for higher labor standards, a cleaner environment, human rights, and the rule of law."
David Blaine acted out every child’s fantasy today when he strapped himself to 52 helium-filled balloons and then parachuted back to earth from 25,000 feet. Blaine lifted off just before 15:00 UTC from Page, Arizona and climbed for about 45 minutes before releasing himself from the cluster of balloons. //
A new aircraft type in the Flightradar24 database
We had to make some database additions to accommodate Blaine’s unique form of transportation. To the best of our knowledge, this was the first ever ADS-B-equipped bunch of balloons. //
Israeli national carrier El Al made history today, operating its first ever flight between Tel Aviv, Israel and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The 737-900ER performing flight LY971 took 3 hours 17 minutes to complete the 2,110 kilometer journey. It’s a historic flight for the airline but also for Israel and the UAE, as it marks the beginning of a thawing of relations between the two nations. //
The El Al flight acted as a symbol – of the possibility to move beyond those hostilities, or at least to begin the process. In a nod to that fact, the outbound flight number 971 is the international dialing code for the UAE, while the return will carry the Israeli code 972.
President Trump’s continued diplomatic successes, will continue to engender even more of them.
According to the Jerusalem Post, Hamas, long a blood enemy and opponent of Israel’s very right to exist, has announced a temporary de escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip.
Now nations in the Middle East are openly forming alliances with Israel, fully acknowledging that Israeli-Palestinian issues remain bilateral in nature. //
While all eyes have been on the Democratic National Convention taking place via Zoom, truly historic events have occurred in the Middle East.
Among them: a long-awaited peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, including full normalization of relations; presumed peace deals to follow between Israel and Sudan, Oman and Bahrain; the possibility on the horizon of a similar deal with Saudi Arabia.
These are not only historic events; they are unmitigated goods: The recognition of a Jewish state in the Middle East is the precondition to any peace in the Middle East. And the formation of a durable coalition to stave off the aggressive Islamism of Iran provides more stability and greater deterrence in the region.
It’s easy to tell whether these are historic events by identifying those who oppose them. Iran is particularly angry; so is Iranian publicity agent Ben Rhodes, who served as former President Barack Obama’s deputy national security adviser. The tyrannical government of Turkey is deeply miffed; so is the terrorist government of the Palestinian Authority. //
Biden’s chief contribution to the diplomatic breakthrough was actually the Obama administration’s sycophantic embrace of the Iranian regime: By making clear that the United States could not be relied upon to protect Sunni nations from Iranian predations, the Obama administration convinced Arab nations that their interests lie in security alliance with Israel. //
The first important breakthrough in the Middle East in three decades just took place. And it took place because reality finally set in for Israel’s heretofore enemies: Israel isn’t going anywhere.
Perhaps Palestinians will eventually learn the same lesson and peace will truly be possible.
Israel and the United Arab Emirates agree to normalise relations in the third Israel-Arab peace deal. //
Opening direct ties between two of the Middle East's most dynamic societies and advanced economies will transform the region by spurring economic growth, enhancing technological innovation, and forging closer people-to-people relations," the joint statement says.
Israel will also "suspend declaring sovereignty over areas outlined" in President Trump's Vision for Peace between Israel and the Palestinians, in which he backed an Israeli plan to annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the strategic Jordan Valley.
Trump has begun something long thought impossible.
Benjamin Netanyahu is building ties with anti-Iran Arab leaders from Riyadh to Doha and betting that a peace deal is no longer a necessary prerequisite…
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Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Ganzt ended a 17-month struggle for the leadership of Israel on Monday by making an unexpected political compromise. They are now both at the head of the Israeli state.
In a response to the threat of COVID-19, the two rivals have agreed to create a joint government in an effort to lead the nation through the crisis, avoiding a fourth round of elections that would have been likely to continue a yeah and a half of political gridlock. With that possibility out of the way—for better or worse—Israel now has a clearer path forward.
Netayahu will serve as chief prime minister while Ganzt joins him in the office as vice prime minister. Per the terms of the agreement, Netayahu will serve another 18 months as prime minister, after which Ganzt will assume full command of the office.
“I am at peace with myself and at peace with my decision,” Ganzt said. “Israel needs a national emergency government. And Israel comes before all else.”