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Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/03/middleeast/israel-uae-wedeman-intl/index.html
UAE and Israel's Whirlwind Honeymoon Has Gone Beyond Normalization
(CNN) Ben Wedeman - Never has the process of normalization been so fast, and pursued with such mutual enthusiasm, as between Israel and the UAE. The Israeli airline El Al and Etihad, the Emirati airline, will start direct flights between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi early next year, while budget airline flydubai has already started its commercial service to Ben-Gurion Airport. On Nov. 22, the Israeli cabinet ratified a mutual visa exemption with the UAE - the first of its kind with any Arab state. Palestinian ambassador to Austria Salah Abdel Shafi called the pace of normalization between the UAE and Israel "shocking."