{"id":31243,"date":"2020-08-13T22:39:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T17:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=31243"},"modified":"2020-08-13T22:39:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T17:09:54","slug":"israel-and-uae-announce-normalisation-of-relations-with-us-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=31243","title":{"rendered":"Israel and UAE announce normalisation of relations with US help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>Under the deal, Israel will suspend applying sovereignty to areas of the West Bank that it had been discussing annexing.<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached a &#8220;historic&#8221; deal that is expected to lead to &#8220;full normalisation of relations&#8221; between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that United States President Donald Trump helped broker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/i\/s\/www.aljazeera.com\/mritems\/imagecache\/mbdxlarge\/mritems\/Images\/2020\/8\/13\/aeb9d7070bf240f79c122b3c7ab5925b_18.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Representational Picture<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the agreement, Israel on Thursday agreed to suspend applying sovereignty to Palestinian areas of the occupied West Bank that it had been discussing annexing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deal was the product of lengthy discussions between Israel, the UAE and the US that accelerated recently, White House officials told the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A joint statement was tweeted out Thursday by Trump, that spelled out some the issues that had been agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HUGE breakthrough today! Historic Peace Agreement between our two GREAT friends, Israel and the United Arab Emirates!<\/p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1293922936609546240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement came after a phone call on Thursday between Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohammed\u00a0bin Zayed\u00a0Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UAE becomes only the third Arab nation to have active ties with Israel and the first Gulf Arab state to do so.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This historic diplomatic breakthrough will advance peace in the Middle East region and is a testament to the bold diplomacy and vision of the three leaders and the courage of the United Arab Emirates and Israel to chart a new path that will unlock the great potential in the region,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/i\/s\/www.aljazeera.com\/mritems\/Images\/2020\/8\/13\/f9913c2cfaa347ab86b89e832fb97e05_7.jpg\" alt=\"USA-UAE-Israel announcement \" title=\"USA-UAE-Israel announcement \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The joint statement lays out some of the issues agreed between the UAE and Israel in the normalisation deal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump hailed the agreement as a first step, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Now that the ice has been broken, I expect more Arab and Muslim countries will follow the United Arab Emirates,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the move was slammed by senior Palestinian official Hanan\u00a0Ashrawi\u00a0on Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Israel got rewarded for not declaring openly what it\u2019s been doing to Palestine illegally &amp; persistently since the beginning of the occupation,&#8221; senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi wrote on Twitter. She also said the UAE has come forward with its &#8220;secret dealings\/normalization with Israel&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Delegations from Israel and the UAE will meet in the coming weeks to sign bilateral agreements regarding investment, tourism, direct flights, security, telecommunications and other &#8220;areas of mutual benefit,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said the the UAE &#8220;will immediately expand and accelerate cooperation&#8221; for coronavirus treatment and to develop a vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deal will lead the way for the US, UAE and Israel to &#8220;launch a Strategic Agenda for the Middle East to expand diplomatic, trade and security cooperation,&#8221; the joint statement said, citing that the three countries have a similar outlook on the threats and opportunities in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SOURCE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/08\/israel-uae-announce-normalisation-relations-200813145645861.html\">AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the deal, Israel will suspend applying sovereignty to areas of the West Bank that it had been discussing annexing. 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