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(JTA) – In a diplomatic breakthrough, Israel and the United Arab Emirates normalize their relations.
As a component of a peace deal negotiated through President Donald Trump, Israel will suspend plans to annex West Bank spaces, according to a set broadcast Thursday through the White House.
“Israel will suspend the declaration of sovereignty over the spaces explained in the President’s Vision of Peace and will now concentrate its efforts on expanding ties with other countries in the Arab and Muslim world. The United States, Israel and the United Arab Emirates are autonomous, he said that additional diplomatic advances with other countries are imaginable and will combine to achieve this goal,” he said.
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 13, 2020
The statement, which rated the two countries as “two of the top reliable and competent regional partners in the United States,” states that Israel and the United Arab Emirates will signal agreements in the coming weeks on investment, tourism, air travel, security, embassy opening and more. Array The two countries will also paint in combination to expand a coronavirus vaccine, he said.
The Gulf States have approached Israel in recent years, but the United Arab Emirates is the first to identify formal ties with the Jewish state. Countries are intended to counter Iranian influence in the Middle East.
Most Arab countries recognize Israel’s way of life. The Jewish state lately has only ties to Egypt and Jordan.
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