Israel and the united arab Emirates have signed under the auspices of the United States a “historic peace agreement” allowing these two countries to normalize their relations.
This is a “breakthrough,” commented Donald Trump, on Twitter. The us president announced the signing of a “historic peace agreement” between the united arab Emirates and Israel, which he sees as “two great friends”.
The head of the american diplomacy, Mike Pompeo, also cited a “decisive step towards peace in the Middle East”. “It is a remarkable success for two States among the most advanced and the most technologically advanced in the world,” he added in a press release.
“The United States hope that this bold step will be the first of a series of agreements, ending 72 years of hostilities in the region,” said the american minister of foreign Affairs. “Blessed are makers of peace. Mabrouk and Mazel Tov,” said Mike Pompeo, using the traditional formula used to present his congratulations in Hebrew and Arabic.
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“today, a new era begins in the relations between Israel and the arab world,” said Thursday evening the israeli Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. This standardization will “defer” the israeli plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank, he added, qualifies, however, that he had not “renounced” this option already criticized by the Palestinians and part of the international community.
Stop the israeli annexation of palestinian territories
Abu Dhabi has responded by calling this agreement a “victory” for diplomacy. The crown prince has claimed that the agreement of normalization of relations between the united arab Emirates and Israel had to stop the israeli annexation of the new “palestinian territories”.
“During a call between the president (american Donald) Trump and the Prime minister (israel Benjamin) Netanyahu, an agreement was reached to put an end to any annexation of additional palestinian territories,” said sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyane on his Twitter account.
“A historic day” for Netanyahu
“Yom histori” (“historic day”), was written in Hebrew on Twitter Benjamin Netanyahu commenting on the declaration of the american president. The israeli Prime minister will also speak at 19h to comment further on this announcement in Washington felt like a shock in the Middle East.
in recent years, Israel has developed an unofficial cooperation with regional economies such as Bahrain, the Uae and saudi Arabia with which he seeks to normalize relations. In the past, this standardization was closely linked to the peace process with the Palestinians, which would serve as a bridge to relations with the arab and more broadly muslim. But for Netanyahu, it is rather a normalization with the arab countries that will lead the Palestinians to a peace agreement with Israel.
“The israeli left and the world has always said that you can’t make peace agreement with the arab countries without peace with the Palestinians (…) For the first time in history, Benjamin Netanyahu has broken this paradigm,” responded his party, the Likud.
The us president, Donald Trump had presented last January, his project of peace for the Middle East, which included the annexation by Israel of parts of the occupied west bank. And the union government of israel began in July to explore the way forward for the implementation of this project, a part of the political class fearing that the annexation unilaterally, without negotiations in advance with the Palestinians, which could lead to more violence.
The announcement of normalization with the united arab Emirates allows you to “avoid” a “annexation, unilateral”, has also commented on Twitter, the head of israel’s diplomacy Gabi Ashkenazi, a member of the centrist party, Blue and White.
