Israel indexed an El Al flight departing Monday to Abu Dhabi, which would be Israel’s first flight to the United Arab Emirates after the two countries agreed on an agreement negotiated by the United States to normalize relations.
Confirmation of the theft is the last concrete sign of an agreement that has noted that Israel agrees to stop plans to annex the lands sought through the Palestinians. He also highlighted a long-standing relationship between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, which expects both countries to gain advantages in their economies and ties with the United States amid tensions with Iran.
The Israel Airport Authority indexed the flight on Friday. He said the flight would have the number LY971, a nod to the UAE’s foreign calling code number. A return flight to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport will have the number LY972, Israel’s foreign code.
Emirati officials and the U.S. embassy in Abu Dhabi did not respond promptly to a request for comment. The flight is not without delay booked on the online website of El Al, the Israeli airline.
However, U.S. officials said earlier that the first scheduled flight would come with U.S. officials led by President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and law ener- Other U.S. officials on board will come with national security adviser Robert O’Brien, Middle East envoy Avi Berkowitz and Iran envoy Brian Hook.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously announced that his national security adviser, Meir Ben-Shabbat, will lead the Israeli delegation. Several Israeli government ministries will also send representatives, the administrators of the foreign and defense ministries and the national aviation authority, he said.
Private jets earlier flew between the two countries as officials held secret conversations. In May and June, Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways transported cargo ships to Ben Gurion for Palestinians to fight the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Israel and the UAE agreed to normalise relations on August 13. By August 16, telephone calls began ringing between the nations, marking the first concrete step of the US-brokered diplomatic accord.
The historic agreement was a key foreign policy victory for Trump in his quest for re-election and reflected a conversionable Middle East in which shared considerations about Iran far outweighed classic Arabic for Palestinians.
Palestinians argue that this puts a fair confrontation in the Middle East even more out of reach.
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