Reflecting at the end of her tenure, Deborah Lipstadt said that after the Hamas-led attack on Israel and the devastating war in Gaza, antisemitism became “almost normalized.”

Commerce between the two Abraham Accords signatories has grown 11% year over year, but maintaining ties has been a diplomatic tightrope

“Jewish life was a bit challenged, but the community feels taken care of and protected, and if you look at statements by government officials after the assassination of Rabbi Zvi, they condemned it as a crime against the UAE,” Zaslansky added. Relations between the two countries are as strong as ever, albeit on the down low.

The moment is ripe for President Trump to focus on aligning Arab powers with the U.S. and Israel around the common goal of containing Iran, according to former national security officials who attended a major international weapons show here last week.

Arab leaders meeting in Cairo are set to endorse a counterproposal to President Donald Trump’s call for the Gaza Strip to be depopulated and transformed into a beach destination