Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – No. 34 Israeli companies displayed in IDEX this week, the largest defense exhibition in the Middle East hosted by Abu Dhabi in the Middle East.

Fifteen months after the destroyed war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and amid a fragile and a tireless ceasefire between the two bitter enemies, the reception of Jewish weapons manufacturers in this event was greatly positive, according to companies in companies in companies at the exhibition.

“We felt very welcome and felt at home here,” said Bose Levy, CEO of Israel Space Space.

“Hospitality, visits to all our customers and management here were really good, and it is like any other offer in the world.”

The force from Israeli companies, which ranged between major space manufacturers and heavy weapons, has been displayed to smaller startups that focus on communications and monitoring technology, with visual enthusiasm from those present at the conference.

Large groups of people revolve around Israeli drones and other battlefield technology, talking to the company’s representatives in the loud wing and asking questions about the devices. It is also possible to see Emiratis and Saudis who wear local clothes and military personnel in the United Arab Emirates speaking and shaking hands warmly with their Israeli counterparts.

The scene, which was played for five days of the conference, was A blatant variation from the last major space exhibition in the United Arab Emirates Which has appeared Israeli defense companies. Dubai Air Force was held in Dubai in November 2023 just one month after the start of the Hamas Israel war.

During the 2023 atmosphere, only three Israeli defense companies were present – IAI, Elbit Systems, and Rafael Systems Advanced Defense Systems – the country’s wing stood largely empty, as actors were unwilling to speak to CNBC or other members of the press.

Now, the mood has been diverted. The United Arab Emirates and Israel, which nature, through the Ibrahim Convention in 2020, continued to circulate and preserve daily trips between the two countries despite the official government data from Abu Dhabi condemning the bombing of Israel in Gaza and the humanitarian catastrophe that followed almost this that witnessed almost almost almost completely Almost almost the displaced people of Gaza or the displaced.

Israel’s attacks on Gaza since October 7 have been killed More than 46,000 people there, The authorities in the pocket say. The Hamas -led attacks, which sparked the war, killed about 1,200 Israelis, while more than 230 hostages were taken, including 66 in captivity. Among these 66, Israel announced that 30 dead. The exchange of hostages and prisoners between the warring parties is continuing.

The company’s executive officials said that IAI and Elbit Systems have marketing offices in the United Arab Emirates, and now that their country’s bodies have been tested, the interest of the foreign buyer-including some Arab Gulf countries-is higher than ever.

“We have proven that our systems can survive, we have proven that we can integrate many other loads, and adapt to the needs in this field,” said Taly Kosberg Shmueli, CEO of Israeli Aerostat Systems, to CNBC. “We are very happy with business virtue, with last year.”

Shmuel said that its company’s systems – the giant balloons that provide driving and monitoring stations as well as monitoring and surveillance – are already used in the Emirates, and that the company is holding talks with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain.

“We got a warm reception and many people come here and say,” Oh, it is good to see Israeli companies here, “Shamouli said.” We believe it is very good for relationships. “

Arms sales are an important part of Israel’s economy, and in 2023 sales Standard records amounted to $ 13 billion-jumping by 36 % compared to 2022, making the small country in the ninth largest weapons source in the world, according to Siery. Air defense systems are more than a third of those exports, and the first buyer of Israeli weapons around the world is India, followed by a number of countries in Europe, Southeast Asia and the United States, according to local media reports indicating the country’s defense ministry.

In 2022, 24 % of arms exports in Israel went to the Arab partners The Israeli Ministry of Defense said that it was the nature of relations according to Ibrahim’s agreements. The numbers for 2024 are not yet available.

For IAI, which builds the infrastructure of multi -layer missile defense in Israel, including iron dome and stock systems, approximately 80 % of its production is exported to other countries. Despite the increased requirements of local production due to the war, the company “has not imposed any force of any of our customers, and made a decision to work on the same power for them” to fulfill all delivery operations, IAI CEO said Levy.

DROR Bar, Vice President of IAI, who also heads its ETA company, which focuses on electronic warfare systems and radar, said that the wars of Israel in Gaza and Lebanon led the company to advance drone technology and combat train devices to meet the requirements of the modern battlefield.

“I think the slogan of the fighting that the fighting proved is actually the most dramatic way,” said Barr.

If anything, the Israel war since October 7, 2023 has now made its arms shows more popular among potential customers such as IDEX, and not less.

“The reception was great,” said Bar. “We really felt nature and welcome here, and we are part of this field in the world. So, of course, we feel very satisfied in this environment … and we are very grateful to the United Arab Emirates government.”