Israel-UAE-Bahrain deal

Ideas

I was afraid to reveal I was Jewish in Bahrain. When I arrived, I realized my privilege.

Within Bahrain’s highly stratified social structure, I was a protected “other,” writes a former Department of Defense staffer.

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What I’ve learned about Emirati culture as the chief rabbi’s wife

I’m optimistic about the historic new partnership between Israel and the UAE, and the opportunity to learn and grow with our new friends, writes Michelle Waldman Sarna.

UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, right, with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi in Berlin on October 6, 2020 (Michele Tantussi-Pool/Getty Images)

Israel and UAE foreign ministers tour Berlin Holocaust monument in historic first meeting

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, who accompanied the diplomats, said that the meeting and the recent peace deal shows “that peaceful coexistence in the Middle East is possible.”