Israeli Entrepreneurs Welcomed in Dubai

For years, Israeli entrepreneurs slipped in and out of the United Arab Emirates incognito, traveling on second passports or doing business through third parties. So when more than two dozen Israeli high-tech executives turned up in Dubai recently, it was hard to miss them, reports The New York Times. This high-profile delegation of Israeli innovators was making a conspicuous entrance even before direct flights and other formal protocols had been established. The speed with which the once-covert relationship burst into the open surprised even veteran insiders: The rancor of more than seven decades of Arab-Israeli conflict seemed to melt away in a matter of days.

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