Well, some fresh news that I welcome.
President Trump says UAE to open diplomatic ties with Israel: https://apnews.com/abcb0ed9a84e2d3da7d87c28641ccc21
A joint statement from the U.S., the UAE and Israel was issued immediately after Trump’s tweet. It said delegations would meet in the coming weeks to sign deals on direct flights, security, telecommunications, energy, tourism and health care. The two countries also will partner on fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
Would love to have the option (if both remain partners) to fly US-DXB-TLV/ETM or vise versa. Hopefully now AS doesn't drop LY or EK, not that I believe LY will get rights to fly to DXB (not sure how they would avoid most of the airspace between the two countries, unless EK gets rights over Saudi airspace) or have a sustainable business model for the foreseeable future.