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In this undated photograph published by the United Arab Emirates' state-run WAM news agency, employees work at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the UAE's far western desert. The Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates has been connected to the country's power grid, authorities said Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (WAM via AP)

UAE connects its new nuclear power plant to electrical grid

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In this Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, file photo, the Tel Aviv City Hall is lit up with the flag of the United Arab Emirates as Israel and the UAE announced they would be establishing full diplomatic ties, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

UAE-Israel agreement followed many years of discreet talks

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

In this file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Transportation Minister Miri Regev tour Ben-Gurion Airport and are briefed on preparations for the resumption of flights, 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Tel Aviv, Israel. (Emil Salman/Haaretz Pool via AP) **FILE**

Israel rejects F-35 sale to UAE despite new diplomatic ties

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and Transportation Minister Miri Regev, left, tour Ben-Gurion Airport and are briefed on preparations for the resumption of flights, 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Tel Aviv, Israel. (Emil Salman/Haaretz Pool via AP)

Officials say Israel, Sudan close to peace agreement

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

A group of protesters burn representations of Israeli flag during a gathering outside the United Arab Emirates' embassy in Tehran, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, to condemn the UAE's historic deal with Israel to open up diplomatic relations. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Israeli-UAE agreement should be met with skepticism until Islamists’ hate for Israel resolved

By Cal Thomas

Ex-Spanish king confirmed to be in UAE amid financial probe

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2018 file photo, sunlight reflects off the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, during a rain shower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. For eager Israelis, anticipation is mounting that Dubai’s glitzy Burj Khalifa, will soon join the ranks of the Pyramids in Egypt and relics of the ancient Nabatean Kingdom of Petra in Jordan as an iconic landmark that was once unattainable but is now within reach. Last week’s dramatic announcement making the UAE just the third Arab nation to establish full diplomatic ties with Israel has set off a flurry of excitement. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Israelis eager to tighten ties to UAE after historic accord

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 file photo, the Tel Aviv City Hall is lit up with the flag of the United Arab Emirates as the UAE and Israel announced they would be establishing full diplomatic ties, in Tel Aviv, Israel. On Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, telephone service between the UAE and Israel began as the two countries opened diplomatic ties. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Telephone calls between UAE, Israel ring for the first time

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that full diplomatic ties will be established with the United Arab Emirates in a U.S.-brokered deal, during a news conference, in Jerusalem. Netanyahu said Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, that a deal to establish full diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates proves that Israel doesn’t need to retreat from occupied land demanded by the Palestinians to achieve peace and normalization with Arab states. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Netanyahu says UAE deal signals end to ‘land for peace’

By TIA GOLDENBERG - Associated Press

A man gives a thumbs up as he passes United Arab Emirates and Israeli flags at the Peace Bridge in Netanya, Israel, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. The UAE flag was displayed to celebrate last week's announcement that Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Robert O’Brien says Mideast deal due to Trump unorthodox approach

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2020, file photo, Tel Aviv City Hall is lit up with the flag of the United Arab Emirates as UAE and Israel announced they would be establishing full diplomatic ties, in Tel Aviv, Israel.Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard vowed on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020 that there would be dangerous consequences for the United Arab Emirates after it announced a historic deal with Israel to open up diplomatic relations. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Iran threatens ‘dangerous future’ for UAE after Israel deal

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President Donald Trump, center, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, left, and Trump's White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, right, speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Washington. Trump said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a deal to halt the annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their future state. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: US envoy: UAE-Israel deal ‘huge win’ for Trump

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President Donald Trump listens during an event called &quot;Kids First: Getting America's Children Safely Back to School&quot; in the State Dining room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump announces peace deal between Israel, UAE

By Lauren Toms, Ben Wolfgang and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

In this image made from video released by the U.S. military's Central Command, Iranian commandos fast-rope down from a helicopter onto the MV Wila oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman off the coast of the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The Iranian navy boarded and briefly seized the Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S., a U.S. military official said Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (U.S. military's Central Command via AP)

U.S. says Iran briefly seizes oil tanker near Strait of Hormuz

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

President Donald Trump attends a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

UAE and Israel to establish full diplomatic ties

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and MATTHEW LEE and JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

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Muslim pilgrims pray on top of the rocky hill known as Mountain of Mercy on the Plain of Arafat during the annual hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, July 30, 2020. Only about 1,000 pilgrims will be allowed to perform the annual hajj pilgrimage this year due to the virus pandemic. (Saudi Ministry of Media via AP)

Final days of hajj and Eid festival impacted by coronavirus

By Aya Batrawy - Associated Press

FILE - This Jan. 30, 2018, file image made from a video shows fighters loyal to the separatist so-called Southern Transitional Council, backed by the United Arab Emirates, chanting after taking control of Mount Hadid in Aden which was controlled by forces loyal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, in Aden Yemen. Yemen’s leading separatist group will abandon its aspirations for self-rule to implement a stalled peace deal brokered by Saudi Arabia, it announced early Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in a major step toward closing a dangerous rift between nominal allies in the chaotic proxy war. (AP Photo)

Yemen’s separatists to give up self-rule, push peace deal

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In this image made from MHI's youtube channel, the H-IIA rocket with United Arab Emirates' Mars orbiter Hope lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, southern Japan, Monday, July 20, 2020. (MHI via AP)

UAE’s Amal spacecraft rockets toward Mars in Arab world 1st

By Mari Yamaguchi and Victoria Milko - Associated Press