From Foreign Waters

  Here’s something interesting about what I read today. For me, Biden has agreed with Israel's stance on the issue of the ICC, emulating Tel Aviv's contention that neither Israel nor Palestine qualify as gatherings to the court and in this manner don't fall under its locale. Tel Aviv isn't a signatory to the Rome Statute and the White House contends that Palestine is definitely not a sovereign state and subsequently can't be an individual from the ICC.   In my observation, at the point when the Washington media, which has frequently preferred Biden over Trump, reversed the situation and inquired as to whether the new organization was accepting similar strategies as its archetype, State Department representative Ned Price got into a warmed trade that stood out as truly newsworthy for the tone and not the substance.

  The first visits by Gulf figures to Jerusalem, encouraged by recent agreements between Israel and the Emirates, stumbled over rivalries around the site, called the Temple Mount by Jews. Palestinians and Jordanians underlined that they are the guardians of the Muslim holy place. On December 14, members of a delegation from Sharaqa platform from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain met with the Israeli Chief Sephardic Rabbi, Shlomo Ammar, in front of the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. King David, with its view of the ancient city walls, is considered one of the most luxurious hotels in Jerusalem. The Foreign Lignitarians usually stay there when they visit the Holy City. Six influential people from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrein were received as heads of state on December 13, in the midst of Hanukkah, the major Jewish winter holiday. The small Israeli delegation is led by Amit Deri, founder of Reservists on Duty, an anti-BDS association, and the BDS movement. T...

Arab Ambassadors praised the UAE's humanitarian stance and its ongoing support for other countries, stressing that its initiative in China is a major humanitarian gesture not alien to the country, which is always the first to lead charitable and humanitarian work. “A quantity of welcome from the moment we arrived with the plane from Wuhan Airport until at Abu Dhabi Airport, and from there to the Emirates Humanitarian City, which beautifully equipped to receive us, was a surprise that I did not expect.” Said Ahmed Fateh Al-Aleem, a Sudanese student evacuated from China by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) special plane, revealing a great happiness for the kind welcome and the generous hospitality, humility and humanity of the Emirates people.  About 200 Sudanese from China left the country to UAE, on Emirates Airlines, to put them in quarantine for 25 days, before returning to the capital, Khartoum. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Su...