Advertising
Supported by
President Trump announced that Israel and the United Arab Emirates would identify a “complete normalization of relations” and that, in return, Israel would for the time being resign to “declare sovereignty” over the disputed territory of the West Bank.
By Peter Baker
President Trump announced Thursday that Israel would identify a “complete normalization of relations” with the United Arab Emirates and for now abandon plans to annex the occupied West Bank territory to focus on relations with the rest of the Arab world.
In a marvel spread across the White House, Trump said Israel and the United Arab Emirates. it will signal a number of bilateral agreements on investment, tourism, security, technology, energy and other spaces while allowing direct flights between their countries and building reciprocal embassies in their respective countries.
Following this diplomatic breakthrough and at the request of President Trump with the help of the United Arab Emirates, Israel will suspend its declaration of sovereignty over the spaces defined in the President’s Vision of Peace and will now focus its efforts on expanding ties with other countries. in the Arab and Muslim world,” according to one issued through the White House and described as a set through Israel.Array the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Trump summoned reporters to the Oval Office and said he had spoken to leaders in both countries. “Things are happening that I can’t communicate about,” but they’re amazing, he told reporters.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu re-posted a tweet from Mr. Trump pronouncing the deal and added, in Hebrew: “A Historic Day.”
In a non-public statement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo compared the agreement to the peace treaties Israel forged decades ago with Egypt and Jordan. “Today’s standardization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has prospects and the promise of a better day for the entire region,” he said.
The White House announcement came weeks after Netanyahu announced a new partnership with the United Arab Emirates. We cooperate in the opposite fight against the coronavirus, calling it a breakthrough, only to be ashamed of the Emirati who issued a much more limited one hours later describing an agreement between personal companies.
Advertising