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A rare example of Egyptian-Israeli economic normalization. An Israeli company imports Faragello juice, based in Alexandria, under the label “Island: the Sinai beach drink”
There are only a few Egyptian products regularly imported into Israel on a large scale: Nakhla shisha tobacco and lulavs (palm fronds) for sukkot, for example. Almost no ready-made Israeli products are to be found in Egypt.
Low-key Arab-Israeli economic normalization, part II: Moroccan sardines sold under an Israeli label
The kind of thing that could only happen in Sinai: Egyptians from the mainland reviewing [positively] Bedouin resort-camps whose Facebook pages are in Hebrew to attract Israelis [their main clientele]
![The kind of thing that could only happen in Sinai: Egyptians from the mainland reviewing [positively] Bedouin resort-camps whose Facebook pages are in Hebrew to attract Israelis [their main clientele]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJuj24KXUAAcGy5.jpg "The kind of thing that could only happen in Sinai: Egyptians from the mainland reviewing [positively] Bedouin resort-camps whose Facebook pages are in Hebrew to attract Israelis [their main clientele]")
![The kind of thing that could only happen in Sinai: Egyptians from the mainland reviewing [positively] Bedouin resort-camps whose Facebook pages are in Hebrew to attract Israelis [their main clientele]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJuj73yWkAAKLZP.jpg "The kind of thing that could only happen in Sinai: Egyptians from the mainland reviewing [positively] Bedouin resort-camps whose Facebook pages are in Hebrew to attract Israelis [their main clientele]")
Note that Messi and Co. arrived on a *direct flight* from Saudi Arabia (the kind of thing only foreign diplomats tend to do), and on a *Jordanian* plane.
There are many more signs of low-key Arab-Israeli economic normalization than just a few years ago, if you know where to look
There are many more signs of low-key Arab-Israeli economic normalization than just a few years ago, if you know where to look
Or this, last week: 'For the first time in history, Arab hosts stood in honor of Israel’s national anthem [and flag] that was played during the awards ceremony' https://btnews.online/israel-wins-world-jiu-jitsu-championship-in-abu-dhabi-arab-hosts-stand-in-honor-of-hatikvah-anthem/?fbclid=IwAR33xIXFyH3WSrZys7Tgg2CXK84kFQ6XDbnjWcH8lyQ44X1XX77Jrwgely4
Compare that to this, just six years ago: https://www.timesofisrael.com/no-israeli-flag-in-qatar-for-swimming-world-cup-finalists/
And now this, in yesterday's NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/us/israel-arab-dialog.html
The same day of that article in the NYT, two founders of the group penned this WSJ op-ed https://www.wsj.com/articles/arabs-against-boycotting-israel-11574293923
