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After years undercover, diplomats who built Gulf ties inch out of the shadows
 [IsraelTimes] Serving under false identities in Arab states to promote bilateral relations, envoys given go-ahead to reveal some of their stories, not names, as relations come into the open?A few years ago an Israeli diplomat serving undercover in the Arab Gulf gave birth to a baby boy. This may have been the first time an Israeli citizen had been born in the United Arab Emirates. "This was a family effort for the sake of advancing the ties most essential to the State of Israel," she told the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper last week. "We paid a not so insignificant price, but seeing the fruits of our work on the ground fills us with pride over the grain of sand that we contributed as a family to making the world a better place." Posted by: trailing wife 2020-12-19 |
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