October 2018: Visible breakthrough in Gulf-Israel relations
October 2018 looks set to represent one of the most important visible changes in Arab state relations with Israel since the 1990s. The two visits by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev to Oman and UAE respectively are symbolic, and practically important at the same time. The visuals are important. Netanyahu visited Oman days after Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas. Regev came to Abu Dhabi for a sports competition, but her