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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.

Rabbi Marc Schneier shared how three of the Gulf states (representing 50% of the GCC) are now engaged in one way or another with Israel’s health system.

In the front page headline story of The Jerusalem Post, Rabbi Marc Schneier described how leaders in the Gulf have expressed that with their resources and wealth, and Israel's technology and scientific innovations, together a vaccine and cure can be created for the Middle East and the world.

Rabbi Marc Schneier shared with Iton Gadol, the Jewish news website for the Argentinian Jewish community, how more than 50% of the Gulf states are interested in partnering with Israel on a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arab News, an English-language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia, covered FFEU's groundbreaking new social media series for Ramadan, "30 Faces of Islam for the 30 Days," along with other international media outlets.

In Rabbi Marc Schneier's op-ed in USA Today, he wrote about how the advent of the Coronavirus has compelled the three Abrahamic faiths — Judaism, Christianity and Islam — to rethink how to maintain their ability to come together to express their beliefs and practice their religious rituals.

Sputnik (Italian) March 11, 2020 Sembra che i Paesi del Golfo, tradizionalmente ostili a Israele, si stiano riavvicinando Tel Aviv, secondo il rabbino Marc Schneier, consigliere del Re del Bahrein. Tuttavia, non sarà possibile instaurare relazioni diplomatiche solide fino a quando la questione palestinese non sarà risolta. Alla luce dei risultati della terza tornata di elezioni di Israele, il primo ministro Benjamin Netanyahu, che ha tenuto un discorso poco dopo l’annuncio dei primi risultati,...