“Many Israeli Arabs will do so with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, as with Turkey, so if the members of the Joint List oppose peace, they deserve not to take advantage of it later and move on to countries as we know, Sarsur said.
Ghada Zoabi, founder and chief executive of the Arab-Israeli news portal Bokra. net and a board member of the United Arab Emirates-Israel Business Council, told JNS that the board began a few months ago and that many Israeli Arabs agreed to standardization and sees opportunities. travel, business, studies and more.
“The peace agreement will definitely affect the entire region, and Israeli Arabs who have a circle of family members there will relate more smoothly to them and examine there, as some recent studies in Jordan will,” Zoabi said.
Acts “like a bridge for Israeli Arabs,” he added.
An estimated 1. 9 million (20%) of the Israeli population is Arab, and before the last agreements, the only Arab countries open to them were Egypt, a popular tourist destination, and Jordan, where many attend college. Saudi Arabia for Haj pilgrimage, through Jordan or some other country as there are no direct flights from Israel.
Regarding the opposition of the Arab-Israeli parties on the Common List, Zoabi said that the political leaders had their own non-public interests and sought to make the news.
“Most Israeli Arabs need a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians,” he said. “The conclusion of other peace agreements with Arab states hurts, and Arabs see new opportunities created through this agreement. “
“The Joint List acts as the Palestinian Authority in rejecting the agreement, when it will actually assist Arabs in Israel and the Palestinian territories,” he continued, adding that in the case of the Joint List, they have not publicly opposed the agreement.
“Many Arab-Israeli entrepreneurs have been disappointed with this position because it undermines their preference to identify trade relations with Gulf states,” Zoabi said.
Indeed, Zoabi claimed that many Israeli Arabs elected them in the last election because they sought to overthrow the right-wing government run through Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not because they necessarily included the entire Common List agenda.
Zoabi revealed that some Arab members of the Knesset silenced the agreements of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, but were forced to vote against them and stick to the direction of the Joint List.
“Interpersonal relationships are for peace”
The UAE-Israel Business Council states on its online page that its objective is to “establish mutual relations between Emirati and Israelis that promote trade relations, investment and understanding”.
Zoabi said the council sought to facilitate and identify links between advertising entities in the two countries, such as Israel, on the basis of cooperation between Israeli Jews and Arabs.
He highlighted key figures on the council, such as Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum and founding member Asher Fredman.
Fredman, a founding member of the United Arab Emirates-Israel Business Council and the Israeli-Emirati Forum, on his way to the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday night, told JNS that “the status quo of interpersonal relations is the key to peace. “
Fredman, who is also a researcher at the Kohelet Policy Forum, added that “the reception in the other aspect has been so warm and with so much interest, respect and preference for building relationships in areas. “
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