BY STEVE HOLLAND
Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a landmark peace agreement on Thursday that will lead to a complete diplomatic normalization between the two Middle Eastern countries in an agreement that US President Donald Trump helped negotiate.
Under the agreement, Israel agreed to suspend the application of its sovereignty in West Bank areas where it is discussing annexation, White House officials told Reuters.
The peace agreement is the result of long talks between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the United States that have accelerated recently, White House officials said.
The deal was sealed in a phone call Thursday between Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed, Abu Dhabi’s crown prince.
“GREAT progress today! Historic peace between our two BIG friends, Israel and the United Arab Emirates,” Trump wrote on Twitter.
Officials described the agreement, known as the Abraham Accords, as the first of its kind since Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in 1994. He also gave Trump a good fortune in foreign policy while seeking re-election on November 3.
The White House said Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Middle East Envoy Avi Berkowitz were deeply concerned about negotiating the deal, along with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien.
A group issued through the 3 countries said that the 3 leaders had “agreed to the complete normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.”
“This historic diplomatic breakthrough will promote peace in the Middle East region and demonstrate the ambitious international relations and vision of the 3 leaders and courage of the United Arab Emirates and Israel to chart a new path that will unlock the wonderful potential of the region,” he said.
The delegations of Israel and the United Arab Emirates will meet in the coming weeks to signal bilateral agreements on investment, tourism, direct flights, security, telecommunications and other issues, he said.
The two countries are expected to be ambassadors and embassies soon.
According to the statement, “following this diplomatic breakthrough and at President Trump’s request with that of the United Arab Emirates, Israel will suspend the declaration of sovereignty” over the West Bank spaces provided for in the U.S. peace plan unveiled through Trump. January.
“Israel, for the foreseeable future, will focus on building this dating and will seek all the benefits that possibly of this new dating with this country, and we (believe it) are breaking the ice to make more normalization and peace agreements with other regions. . players too, ” told Reuters a White House official.
The agreement plans to give Muslims more space for the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City by allowing them to fly from Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv, White House officials said.
The package said that the United Arab Emirates and Israel would without delay expand and promote cooperation on the remedy and progression of a vaccine against the new coronavirus amid the pandemic.
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