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One of the largest music and cultural festivals in Europe denounced the Spanish girl band Tribade for defacing an Israeli flag during the festival over the weekend.

“The actions of the group Tribade are against our cherished values of welcome and respect and we deeply condemn this hateful stunt,” the Sziget Festival said in a statement shared on Monday on its Instagram Stories. “They will, of course, not be invited back to our festivals in the future.”

Two members of the Barcelona-based rap group recorded themselves at the festival in Budapest, Hungary, going into a tented area, where attendees slept, and spray-painting the words “Free Palestine” and “Israel doesn’t exist” on the Israeli flag, as well as a caricature of genitals with the words “Eat this.” The “Gaupasa” singers posted the video on their Instagram Stories and wrote in the caption, “Tribade does not go back on its word.” The video has since been deleted from the band’s Instagram account.

The band has since made their Instagram and Twitter accounts private and two of the members have deleted their Instagram accounts.

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Since the Abraham Accords, trade between Israel and its new regional partners has surged, with commercial ties between the countries growing exponentially every year.

For the first six months of 2021, trade between Israel and the UAE reached $613.9 million, an 1100% increase from the same period prior to the normalization agreement. For the first quarter of 2022, trade between Israel and the UAE grew to over $1 billion dollars.

With the conclusion of a free trade agreement between Israel and the UAE that would see tariffs removed on 96% percent of products within the next five years, another dramatic boost in trade is expected.

When it comes to Israel and Bahrain, trade is seen as the “nucleus” of the relationship between Jerusalem and Manama. For the first year of normalization between the two Middle Eastern countries, trade grew significantly from zero to $1.2 million.

Trade between Israel and Morocco is also increasing rapidly, with Moroccan officials hoping to eventually reach the level of the UAE’s bilateral relationship with Israel.

For the first year since Israel and Morocco agreed to normalization, direct trade between the two countries rose 84% to $42 million (with Israeli exports to Morocco making up almost 75% of this commerce). With the finalization of a trade agreement in February 2022, Israel-Morocco trade is forecasted to rise to $500 million within five years.



 
Turkey and Israel said on Wednesday they will re-appoint respective ambassadors more than four years after they were called back, marking another milestone after months of steady improvement in relations.

The two regional powers had expelled ambassadors in 2018 over the killing of 60 Palestinians by Israeli forces during protests on the Gaza border against the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.

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