Middle East Forum December 31, 2020 A dozen experts have predicted a wide range of increasing partnerships and connections between Israel and Gulf countries in the new year. This will cover a spectrum of activity from technology to academic and political developments. The rapid change since the Abraham Accords began in August has led to Continue Reading »
The Jerusalem Post By Yonah Jeremy Bob December 29, 2020 Close coordination between Israel and Qatar to facilitate sufficient funding for Hamas to keep Gaza’s economy from collapsing will likely be the key to moving Doha to a normalization deal. Relationships developed between Israel and Qatar to provide sufficient funding to Hamas and avoid an Continue Reading »
Jewish News Syndicate December 20, 2020 The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding (FFEU) launched the first North American-Jewish tourism initiative to Bahrain in partnership with Best of Bahrain and Da’at Travel, who will facilitate the itineraries for large groups and individual travelers. The new initiative is spearheaded by FFEU President Rabbi Marc Schneier following an invitation Continue Reading »
The Daily Tribune By P Unnikrishnan December 16, 2020 A leading American rabbi who was instrumental in helping establish the Abraham Accords says that His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa is deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the execution of the historic agreement normalising ties between Bahrain, the UAE Continue Reading »
Akhbar Al Khaleej By Dr. Mohammed Mubarak Juma December 16, 2020 American Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and one of the world’s leading religious figures seeking to create a different reality in the Middle East, believes that Islam and Judaism are the two closest religions in terms of practices and Continue Reading »
The Times of Israel December 15, 2020 ‘The grand prize for Jewish tourism is not Israel but the American Jewish community,’ says Marc Schneier, who will launch new initiative alongside Bahraini tourism minister An American rabbi with extensive ties to the Arab world is set to launch an effort to attract Jewish travelers to the Continue Reading »
Gulf Business By Aarti Nagraj December 15, 2020 Rabbi Marc Schneier is launching new tourism initiatives in the GCC As Rabbi Marc Schneier tells me when we meet, that while those doing the economic deals fly at 30,000 feet, he’s always flown at 70,000 ft. The American – whose book Sons of Abraham was recently Continue Reading »
The Jerusalem Post By Seth Frantzman December 15, 2020 There is a need for Israel to move on the Palestinian issue. Most Gulf countries expect to see some changes and an opening by Israel to the Palestinians. Rabbi Marc Schneier is an adviser to leaders in the Gulf and believes that more peace deals will Continue Reading »
The Khaleej Times By Rabbi Marc Schneier October 14, 2020 At this historic moment of mutual embrace between Muslims and Jews, we share a euphoric sense that there is nothing we cannot accomplish Contrary to long-standing conventional wisdom, there are no two faith communities in the world that have more in common than do Muslims Continue Reading »
Agence France-Presse September 23, 2020 From scrubbing hate-filled school textbooks to a taboo-defying religious sermon, Saudi Arabia is pushing for another kind of normalisation after declining to establish formal relations with Israel — co-existence with Jews. Saudi Arabia has said it will not follow its allies Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in establishing diplomatic Continue Reading »
Arutz Sheva By: Yoni Kempinski September 22, 2020 Foundation for Ethnic Understanding President and Advisor to Gulf leaders Rabbi Marc Schneier spoke to Arutz Sheva about the Abraham Accords, Judea/Samaria annexation, current trends in the Gulf, and what he says is not only economic but rather also a true closeness between Islam and Israel. Rabbi Continue Reading »
The Associated Press By: Aya Batrawy September 22, 2020 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia, the most powerful Arab nation and home to Islam’s holiest sites, has made its official position on the region’s longest-running conflict clear: Full ties between the kingdom and Israel can only happen when peace is reached with the Continue Reading »
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