In the News

i24 News June 9, 2020 UAE plane carries assistance package for Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza Strip Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday night that a cargo plane of Etihad Airways has landed in Ben Gurion Airport in the first ever direct flight from Abu Dhabi. The arrival of the plane was coordinated between the ministry and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and carried humanitarian and medical equipment for Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The distribution of the supplies...

The Jerusalem Post June 9, 2020 The first shipment was refused by the Palestinians as they said it had not been coordinated with them. Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways operated a rare, second flight to Israel – the first bearing the company’s logo – on Tuesday, carrying medical aid to be delivered to the Palestinians, an airline spokeswoman said. The state-owned carrier made the first known flight to Israel by a United Arab Emirates airline on May 19. It transported supplies to help the Palestinians...

Rabbi Marc Schneier spoke with CBN News about how there is a tremendous opportunity for Israel and the Gulf to partner together to combat COVID-19, “There have been some remarkable outcomes in terms of advancing Gulf-Israel relations during this pandemic. Of the six Gulf States, four of them right now are in contact with Israel."

Kuwait Times (the leading English-language daily newspaper in Kuwait) featured a two page spread of Rabbi Marc Schneier's comments about the new Saudi television show “Umm Haroun” which tells the story of a Jewish woman living in Kuwait during the 1940s.

Rabbi Marc Schneier shared with CBN News, “The Iranian threat continues but now we have the economic threat. This virus has had a very negative impact not only on the Israeli economy but on the Gulf economy and then there’s always the physical threat in terms of keeping your citizens safe.”

Yahoo! News featured Rabbi Marc Schneier's interview about the Saudi television show “Umm Haroun," in which he shared, “The Saudis recognize the important role that Israel plays in the region. Just a couple of years ago, Prince Khalid bin Salman told me that the kingdom knows that Israel is an integral part of their achieving their 2030 economic plan. That is a major statement and really shows the warming of the ties."

Rabbi Marc Schneier spoke to Agence France-Presse, the largest French news agency, about the Saudi television show “Umm Haroun” which tells the story of a Jewish woman living in Kuwait during the 1940s and the significance of the Saudi’s airing a television show about Jewish life in the Gulf and how it is a sign of positive change in the Kingdom.

Rabbi Marc Schneier spoke with Arutz Sheva - Israel National News about the historic moment when an Etihad Airways plane flew from the United Arab Emirates to Israel to deliver medical supplies for the Palestinians. He shared, that “it is yet another step in the furthering of relations between the Gulf States and Israel, specifically the UAE bringing humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. It was Qatar which began that process two years ago, not only with the blessing of the Israelis, but at the request...

Rabbi Marc Schneier spoke with the United Kingdom’s The Independent about the historic Etihad Airways flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel this week and shared that there are now four Gulf states which have some involvement with Israel, including Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and now the UAE.

In response to Rabbi Marc Schneier's friend and CEO of Qatar Airways Akbar Al Baker making a significant statement on CNN saying that Israel medical professions can get some of the 100,000 free flight tickets that the airline will be distributing to healthcare professions, Rabbi Schneier spoke to The Jerusalem Post / JPost.com about how this pandemic is an opportunity for cooperation between the Gulf and Israel.