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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 released 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 communiqué, which rated the two countries as “two of the most trusted 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.
“The United Arab Emirates is its resolution for general relations with Israel,” the U.S. Minister of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, according to the Times of Israel.
Speaking to the media Thursday, Trump warned that agreements between Israel and some of his other Muslim neighbors in the region could come soon, the Times of Israel reported.
“Things are happening that I can’t communicate about,” he said.
After promising the resolution in several election campaigns last year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lobbied to annex parts of the West Bank around July 1. Plans were behind schedule after the Trump administration expressed fear about the idea.
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