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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Israel is gearing up to take part in Expo 2020 Dubai when the world fair opens Friday, a spokesman said, a year after the UAE and the Jewish state normalised ties. “We’re very happy to be here,” Menachem Gantz told AFP, the spokesman of Israel’s Pavilion at the six-month world fair. “This is the first time the expo is in the Middle East, and the first time Israel is participating in an event of such a large scale and importance (in an Arab country)”. On September 15 the United Arab Emirates marked one year since normalising ties with Israel, a move that caused uproar across the Arab population…