Tomorrow a political delegation from the Emirates will land in Israel • Its purpose: to promote visits to Israel in general and the Temple Mount in particular • The Jerusalem Municipality: "A huge turnaround"
 For the first time openly, an official political delegation from the United Arab Emirates will land in Israel tomorrow.
She will pay a reciprocal visit to a meeting held a month and a half ago by the senior Israeli delegation in Abu Dhabi.
The purpose of the visit is to continue to advance the practical aspects of the establishment of relations between the countries, after the signing of the official agreements.
Photo: Knesset Spokeswoman
One of the main issues that the emirates' representatives are expected to raise is the arrival of large-scale tourism from Arab countries to Israel, and in particular to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
The capital is indeed preparing for the mass wave of tourism, which is expected after the Corona epidemic.
"Jerusalem will host 100,000 to a quarter of a million Muslim tourists a year," said Flair Hassan-Nahum, the deputy mayor.
Last week, Hassan Nahum visited the Emirates and held numerous meetings with senior government and government officials.
She heard from interlocutors about their strong desire to visit the city and ascend the Temple Mount.
"Everyone dreams of coming and praying in al-Aqsa, the third most important place in Islam," she said.
As the holder of the tourism portfolio in the municipality, Hassan-Nahum says that the city will be prepared for this.
"Just as we developed Christian tourism, so we will now open Muslim tourism. There is going to be a huge turnaround here."
However, the biggest threat to future Muslim tourism does not come from the Israeli side, but rather from the Palestinians.
This weekend, a large economic delegation from the Emirates visited Israel, which was brought to Israel by Netafim.
The emirate guests prayed at the al-Aqsa Mosque, but the visit angered the Palestinians.
Last night, a group of visitors from the Emirates on the Temple Mount were again attacked by Palestinian passers-by.
The Fatah movement in Jerusalem issued a statement over the weekend in which it said that the emirate's visit to the Temple Mount, "is indistinguishable from the invasions of the occupation soldiers and settlers.
Such a visit is not desirable. "Amirat officials said in their talks with the Israeli media that they are interested in visiting the Temple Mount, but fear attacks from the Palestinians.