A large menorah is seen lit at the Israeli Pavilion of Expo 2020 in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on 28 November 2021, marking the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. The increasing openness of Jewish life in the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai is another sign of an emerging new reality in the Middle East, where Israel’s isolation by the Arab world is ebbing. Photo: Giuseppe CACACE / AFP

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