With temperatures soaring around the Persian Gulf, steps are being taken to cool things down, including introducing environmentally friendly laws and planting millions of trees.
National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water Minister Israel Katz also announced an increase in the budget for the Tamar reservoir.
The trend is part of a larger shift by the Middle East to focus efforts on trade and diplomacy with China, Japan, South Korea, and other powerful Asian states.
Eli Cohen to Bahraini Al-Ayyam: "No one in the world is more interested in ending the issue with the Palestinians than Israel."
Doha is increasingly competitive with more traditional tourist centers such as Dubai and Manama.
Russia issued a joint statement with the Gulf Cooperation Council in support of the UAE's initiative to reach a peaceful agreement on the three Gulf islands.
While the countries in question may have issues between each other, the overall sense of these visits with the GCC and Turkey, is how united the region is.
Iranian diplomacy is swiftly moving towards building closer relations with its neighboring countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council.
The Gulf is increasingly a center of world affairs, with Russia's meeting with the GCC coming amid the war in Ukraine as well as other high-profile international delegations.
Military drills by Hezbollah are Iran’s warning to Israel, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
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