Israel has signed an historic free trade deal with the United Arab Emirates, its first with an Arab country. The agreement will eliminate customs duties on 96% of food and agricultural products, cosmetics, medical equipment and medicine, according to Israel’s economic ministry.

Meanwhile, an Israeli news station has reported that a senior Israeli official visited Saudi Arabia for talks on security, one of several recent signs indicating that Riyadh could be the next capital to move toward normalizing relations with the Jewish state.