DUBAI, May 31, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Israel signed a free trade deal with the
United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, its first with an Arab country, building on
their normalisation of relations in 2020.

Israel's ambassador to the UAE, Amir Hayek, tweeted "mabruk" -- or
congratulations in Arabic -- alongside a photograph of Emirati and Israeli
officials holding documents at a signing ceremony in Dubai.