Reflecting at the end of her tenure, Deborah Lipstadt said that after the Hamas-led attack on Israel and the devastating war in Gaza, antisemitism became “almost normalized.”

Israel has meanwhile embraced what it says is an alternative US proposal for the ceasefire itself and the release of hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the war.

The moment is ripe for President Trump to focus on aligning Arab powers with the U.S. and Israel around the common goal of containing Iran, according to former national security officials who attended a major international weapons show here last week.

Trump, however, kept coming back to it again and again. Over the ensuing days, he repeatedly insisted the U.S. would in effect take complete ownership of Gaza (without putting U.S. troops on the ground or spending taxpayer money,

Bonsall, has nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, considered one of the most prestigious awards.

Progress on advancing the Abraham Accords took a blow with the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking over 200 hostages. Israel's subsequent war against Hamas has resulted in over 47,000 Palestinian deaths, according to Gaza health authorities.

“Jewish life was a bit challenged, but the community feels taken care of and protected, and if you look at statements by government officials after the assassination of Rabbi Zvi, they condemned it as a crime against the UAE,” Zaslansky added. Relations between the two countries are as strong as ever, albeit on the down low.