Israeli media boss visiting Dubai urges press to ‘kill the prejudices’ for peace in Middle East

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Media in Israel and the UAE together shoulder a special responsibility to “kill the prejudices” and change the world’s perception about peace in the Middle East, the CEO of Israeli TV channel ‘i24NEWS’ told Gulf News in Dubai on Monday.   Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3dHJiRV  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  #UAEnews #media #Israel

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00:00This is not only to connect Israel to the UAE, or to connect UAE to the Israelis,

00:06but to connect this new reality of the Middle East to the rest of the world.

00:13The signature of the Abraham agreement opened a big door.

00:17And this door was to give the opportunity to a media like us,

00:23not to stay and to monitor what's going on, but to be part of the dynamic,

00:28to become an actor of this agreement.

00:31This is a very important step for the channel to start to become more and more relevant

00:38in the Middle East.

00:39If you want to show the reality of a new Middle East,

00:42you need to connect with the people who know about the Middle East.

00:45I24 News knows a lot about the network and the correspondence that we have all over the world.

00:53If we want to show the reality in the UAE, we need to have the right partners in the UAE.

00:58We also signed an agreement with Dubai Tourism to show the reality of the UAE for the Israelis,

01:05for the Europeans, for the Americans, for the Africans.

01:10So this is not only to connect Israel to the UAE, or to connect UAE to the Israelis,

01:17but to connect this new reality of the Middle East to the rest of the world.

01:21We have a huge opportunity now to change the perception of the world,

01:26to kill the prejudices.

01:29And what's happening now in the region,

01:32using media platforms to promote this new message is very important.

01:38I feel that if today most of the people on the planet

01:42are thinking that peace is not possible in the Middle East,

01:45it's because of the media, because of the perception that you have in the media.

01:49And I'm very proud that we succeeded to show in I24 News

01:53with the French-speaking, Arabic-speaking and English-speaking network,

01:58in the channel of the coexistence, that peace is already possible.

02:02I'm inviting all the networks, all the partners here in UAE to join I24 News

02:11in this amazing mission to promote the reality of a new Middle East

02:16and to educate the new generation and to kill the prejudices.

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