Embassy says Eitan Na'eh is readying to begin 'building bridges and strengthening ties' with Gulf nation

FM will be first Israeli minister to visit Gulf kingdom since agreement last year to normalize diplomatic ties

Announcement comes as Bahraini envoy to Israel Khaled Yousef al-Jalahmah presents credentials at Knesset

Amir Hayek has slammed aspects of normalization deal, mocking US sale of F-35 jets and panning former gov't for allowing Israelis to attend 'mass COVID-spreading parties in Dubai'

Amir Hayek, head of Israel's Hotel Association, will replace Eitan Na'eh in Abu Dhabi

No indication that 11-day war in Gaza has slowed down budding ties, with trade between two countries already exceeding $354 million

No momentum lost in normalization between countries as fighting raged with Palestinian enclave; Israeli envoy says local authorities showed 'understanding' of situation

At Holocaust memorial in Dubai, Eitan Na'eh sounds alarm over anti-Jewish attacks worldwide in wake of recent wave of violence between Israel and Hamas

Ambassador Eitan Na'eh tweets a rather straightforward answer to the age-old Passover question: 'What is different this night?'

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