Raphael Ahren is the diplomatic correspondent for the Times of Israel.
The de facto leader of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, issued one that led the parties to reach an agreement “to prevent the continuation of the Israeli annexation of the Palestinian territories,” and only then added that the parties “also agreed to cooperate and a roadmap for the status quo of a bilateral relationship.”
The nation’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, also under pressure for Israel to “freeze the resolution to annex the Palestinian territories,” calling it “a wonderful achievement for the long term of the region, its people and the world.”… only then discovering that “the UAE is its resolve to general relations with Israel.”
The country does so “with a courageous initiative, to maintain the possibilities of a two-state solution,” Gargash said, adding that the country “calls for the resumption of negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis and is committed to running with its friends.”identifying security and ensuring the stability of the region.»
– August 13, @MohamedBinZayed 2020
Gulf State Ambassador to the United States, Yousef al-Otaiba, said Palestinians also gain advantages from the deal, and emphasized that Abu Dhabi will continue to push for the status quo of a Palestinian state.
“The United Arab Emirates will remain a strong advocate of other Palestinians, for their dignity, their rights and their own sovereign state,” al-Otaiba said in a statement.”They will also have to gain advantages from standardization.As we have been, doing for fifty years, we will vigorously protect those ends, now directly and strengthened through more powerful incentives, political features and diplomatic tools”.
Mohammad Issa Abu Shehab, the UAE’s ambassador to the EU, told Emirates TV that the move is vital to its good fortune by “freezing all Israeli projects for Palestinian land.”
However, a senior Israeli official said Netanyahu’s annexation plan had been “temporarily suspended” to allow the signing of the agreement with the UAE.
Netanyahu himself later insisted on a press convention that the annexation remained on the table, saying Trump had called for the resolution to be suspended for the time being.
“I said I would make more sovereignty for Judea and Samaria.There is no replacement in my plan to make our sovereignty greater in Judea and Samaria with full coordination with the United States,” he said.”I’m at that and it hasn’t. The factor remains on the table.I put it on the table … I will never compromise our rights to our land.
Times of Israel contributed to this report.