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jueves, 7 de abril de 2022

Saying goodbye to Dubai Expo, where Israelis could safely ‘enter’ Iran, Syria

The mega-event in the United Arab Emirates closed on Thursday, having hosted 20 million people in person and another 150 million virtually.

Main image: The dramatic entrance to Expo 2020 in Dubai, which closed on March 31, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A six-month window during which Israelis were able to visit Iran, Syria, Yemen and other nations that normally won’t let them in, ended Thursday with the closure of Expo 2020 in Dubai.

Some 20 million people visited the event in person, with another 150 million touring the country pavilions and other exhibits virtually.

jueves, 5 de agosto de 2021

Iranian dissident delegation visits Israel in historic first, meets with Foreign Ministry

The mission was organized by the Institute for Voices of Liberty, a U.S.-based nonprofit that seeks to “counter the false narratives propagated by the Islamic Republic and its apologists,” and to act as a voice for the “freedom-seeking people of Iran.”

Members of an Iranian delegation to Israel in July 2021 (from left) Ahmad Batebi, Ellie Cohanim, Amir Hamidi, Foad Pashai and Ben Tabatabaei. Photo by David Isaac.

(July 26, 2021 / JNS) It was billed as the first Iranian delegation to Israel since the fall of the Shah 42 years earlier. Six Iranian Muslim dissidents, forced to leave their homeland decades ago and who made their way to the United States, came on a three-day solidarity mission last week to show support for the Jewish state following the May clash between Israel and Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip—