Israeli president meets UAE Crown Prince bin Zayed

Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with Abu Dhabi’s powerful Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the de facto Emirati leader on Sunday, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two nations. 

The UAE and Israel normalised relations in the fall of 2020, part of a series of U.S.-brokered diplomatic deals between Israel and Arab states that had long avoided formal relations with Israel over its decades-old conflict with the Palestinians.

Israel president urged more countries in the region to join in recognizing Israel and condemned the recent aerial attacks on Abu Dhabi claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels that marked a serious regional escalation.

Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made his first official visit to the Gulf Arab sheikhdom and discussed strengthening relations on a number of fronts with Sheikh Mohammed.