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UAE is safer for Jews than Britain, says Arab peace advocate

‘We are here to show the Jewish community you have friends in the Middle East,’ said Emirati influencer Amjad Taha during Golders Green solidarity visit

By Daniel Ben-David

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Rabbi Doron Birnbaum (left) with Amjad Taha and local Jewish children in Golders Green, June 22, 2026 (Credit: Daniel Ben-David)

The week that Benjamin Netanyahu became an international man of mystery

Natalie Lisbona

By Natalie Lisbona

The week that Benjamin Netanyahu became an international man of mystery

5 min read

Guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney observes a merchant vessel while on patrol enforcing the US blockade against Iran (Centcom)

US destroys six Iranian ships during ‘humanitarian mission’ to reopen Strait of Hormuz

2 min read

Israeli soldiers stand near an Iron Dome battery near the border with the Gaza Strip on April 17, 2024 (Image: Getty)

Yaakov Katz

The real story of the Iran war: the strengthening of the Israel-Gulf alliance

3 min read

Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defence system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, on April 11, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israel sent Iron Dome to UAE during Iran War

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

A smoke plume rises from a fire near Dubai International Airport following an Iranian strike on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

UAE shuts down ‘Iran-backed terror network’ after Gulf strikes

1 min read

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, visiting victims injured in Iranian strikes (Image: X)

Najwa AlSaeed

By Najwa AlSaeed

Amid Iran’s missile barrage, UAE emerges as pillar of new Middle East order

6 min read

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Israel in talks with Gulf states after Iran strikes civilian areas

The UAE has already announced it is closing its embassy in Tehran, while Saudi Arabia said it was open to ‘responding to the aggression’ to the Islamic Republic’s attacks

By Jamie Shapiro

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March 2, 2026 14:26

An intercepted Iranian missile falls into the sea near Dubai's Palm Jumeirah archipelago on March 1, 2026 (Getty Images)

Shining a light on the menorah – the symbol that defines Judaism

The emblem of unity, hope and cosmic order – and Israel’s official emblem – first appears in the Torah this week

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February 20, 2026 09:00

A replica of the golden Temple menorah on display in the Old City of Jerusalem (photo: Getty Images)

UAE reportedly poised to take over control of civil administration in Gaza

Israel is understood to back the scheme, which will see it supply all imported goods to the Strip under the new government

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February 2, 2026 11:23

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a meeting with US President Biden in the Oval Office at the White House on September 23, 2024 (Getty Images)

Khaled Hassan

By Khaled Hassan

UK failed to respond to UAE concerns about campus extremism and the British public will bear the cost

The Starmer government has forfeited a powerful ally and opted for passive tolerance

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January 12, 2026 17:10

Members of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood and opposition parties during a demonstration to protest against Israeli 'violations' at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on July 31, 2015 (Getty Images)

UK government ‘ignored’ UAE warning about Islamist extremism in British universities

Former presidential adviser says situation prompted UAE to block state funding for study in UK, researcher Khaled Hassan flags

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

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January 12, 2026 17:08

Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Image: Getty Images)

UAE stops funding students coming to Britain over fears of Islamist radicalisation

The Gulf state has for years criticised the British government’s refusal to proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood

By Daniel Ben-David

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January 9, 2026 14:10

Protesters from London universities attend pro-Palestine demonstration in 2025 on second anniversary of October 7 attack on Israel (Dan Kitwood/Getty)

LFI chair becomes first British MP to fly directly from Israel to UAE

The group has called on government to create ‘special envoy’ to the Abraham Accords

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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March 26, 2025 11:50

LFI Chair Jon Pearce MP with Israel's President Isaac Herzog (Image: Labour Friends of Israel).

West Bank settler leaders visit UAE, marking first Yesha Council trip to Muslim country

‘A new world order requires new alliances and out-of-the-box thinking,’ said Yesha Council head Israel Ganz

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March 13, 2025 16:35

Settler leaders announced they have visited Abu Dhabi in a landmark trip (Photo: Flash90)

Thousands of Chabad rabbis meet in the shadow of UAE murder

The annual meeting of Chabad emissaries happened just days after Rabbi Zvi Kogan’s murder in Abu Dhabi

By Jay Deitcher

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December 5, 2024 13:00

Rabbis recite a prayer at the annual group photo in front of the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters (Shmulie Grossbaum/Chabad.org)

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