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The United Arab Emirates (UAE), which has been battling &nbsp;Iran backed Houthis in Yemen, &nbsp;has been landing at regular intervals its C-17 heavy transporters in Israel.</p>
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The&nbsp;<a href="http://jerusalem%20post/" target="_blank">Jerusalem Post</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;is &nbsp;reporting that at least eight C-17 Globemaster heavy transport aircraft belonging to Abu Dhabi have landed in Israel in the past two weeks.</p>
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The C-17A Globemaster III with the UAE air force is a reliable US built workhorse that can lift heavy payloads and fly non-stop 2,400 nautical miles.</p>
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These planes have been landing at Israel Air Force&rsquo;s Nevatim airbase in the southern part of the country. They take off after an hour of landing.</p>
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Three new F-35i &quot;Adir&quot; fighter jets touched down at Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel yesterday.<br />
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Equipped with state-of-the-art stealth technology, these aircraft will join the 116th &quot;Lions of the South&quot; Squadron and operate to keep Israel&rsquo;s skies safe. &#127470;&#127473; <a href="https://t.co/PkTy2pcB84">pic.twitter.com/PkTy2pcB84</a></p>
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The daily speculates that these planes have been lifting equipment that is related to the defence contracts that Israel and the UAE have signed.</p>
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The military cooperation between the two is the direct follow-up of the Abraham Accords that have normalised ties between Israel and key Arab countries including the UAE, Bahrain and Oman&mdash;three aspirational and pragmatic countries that have been putting their resources for development by pragmatically engaging with the world.</p>
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Following the Abraham Accords, the UAE&rsquo;s Minister of State for Defence Affairs Mohammed al-Bawardi and Israel&rsquo;s Defence Minister Benny Gantz agreed to establish security ties between the two countries.</p>
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In January, a UAE subsidiary of Israel&rsquo;s Elbit Systems was awarded a contract to supply airborne defence systems&nbsp;for Abu Dhabi&rsquo;s tanker fleet of A330 Multi-Role Transport aircraft. Under the $ 53 million contract, Elbit Systems Emirates will supply Direct Infrared Countermeasures (&ldquo;DIRCM&rdquo;) and airborne Electronic Warfare (&ldquo;EW&rdquo;) systems for the tanker fleet of the UAE Air Force.&nbsp;</p>
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The UAE-Israel ties appear to have taken off after Abu Dhabi was subjected to a Houthi drone strike in which three people were killed.</p>
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Instead of seeking support from the Saudi led Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abu Dhabi apparently knocked on Tel Aviv&rsquo;s door.</p>
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Soon after the strike, Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, &ldquo;ordered the Israeli security establishment to provide their counterparts in the UAE with any assistance&rdquo; that could help to protect against future attacks.</p>
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In April, SIBAT, the Israeli defence ministry military export arm said that Israel had exported $11.2 billion&nbsp;last year, but &nbsp;&nbsp;7% of that contribution was by Arab countries who had signed the Abraham Accords.</p>
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The tie-ups in military equipment follows closed door intelligence-sharing between the two countries to counter the Iranian threat.</p>
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&nbsp;SIBAT&rsquo;s head, Brig.-Gen. (res) Yair Kulas, said in early April that the ministry is working with the security industries in Israel to expand defence cooperation with Arab countries that have normalised ties with Israel.</p>
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&ldquo;Looking ahead, shifting global priorities and partnerships such as the Abraham Accords create high demand for Israel&rsquo;s cutting-edge technological systems,&rdquo; Jerusalem Post quoted him as saying.</p>
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&ldquo;If we look realistically at the coming years, there is great market potential and with cautious assessment, we expect to reach double-digits in the countries who signed the Abraham Accords in the coming years,&rdquo; Kulas observed.</p>
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