Israeli flag flies in the Emirates 17, October 2009
Posted by thegulfblog.com in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, The Emirates.Tags: Abu Dhabi, Israel, Israel-Gulf relations, UAE
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Even though Israel does not have any formal relations with the UAE, the Israeli flag flew at a recent meeting in Abu Dhabi of the International Renewable Energy Agency. Perhaps the UAE, like Qatar, feel that there is little to be gained from prolongued isolation of Israel and they seek to test the waters with such a minor event.
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[…] been excluded. Perhaps the UAE are lucky still to have been invited given that the Israeli flag was raised for the first ever time in Abu Dhabi a few weeks ago, but their relations still do not really […]