Ordinary Palestinians turned to social media to protest the deal and some also insulted Vae. Meanwhile, Abbas Zaki, a member of Fatah`s Central Committee, called the agreement a breakdown of the Arab consensus on the management of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He accused the United Arab Emirates of betraying Arabs and Palestinians before asking the ANP to withdraw its ambassador from the United Arab Emirates and also called on the Arab League to cancel the 2002 Arab peace initiative. [68] But the agreement triggered an immediate counter-reaction in the region of opposing parts of the ideological spectrum. At least some Israeli settlers and their political allies were disappointed that Mr. Netanyahu abandoned his plan to claim west Bank sovereignty, while the Palestinians felt abandoned by an Arab nation that, even without the threat of annexation, locked them in an unsustainable status quo. To the right. But to be clear, it was not reported by Mark Landler, an honest journalist, who honors off-balance agreements. In a statement, Prince Mohammed stressed the suspension of the annexation. “In a telephone conversation with President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, an agreement was reached to end Israel`s continued annexation of the Palestinian territories,” he wrote. “The United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to cooperate and set a roadmap for the establishment of bilateral relations.” And he was quick. Mr.

Trump surrounded himself in the Oval Office with a large delegation of aides and officials who received exuberant praise for him, and joked that the agreement should be called the “Donald J. Trump Accord.” At a later briefing, White House National Security Adviser Robert C. O`Brien even announced that the president would win the Nobel Peace Prize. This agreement cannot be taken out of the context of the U.S. presidential campaign and President Trump`s need to have a history of success after many failures. Recognition of illegal settlements within the framework of Israel will not change international law. Similarly, a reduction in aid to Palestinian hospitals will not force Palestinians to accept Israeli supremacy. As stated in its preamble, this agreement is based on the Trump plan, which normalizes colonialism, fully supports the legal narrative and destroys the prospects of an independent Palestinian state. It also threatens the status of Jerusalem`s holy sites and treats Palestinians as foreigners in their homeland. The United Arab Emirates, an Arab country that claims to deal with Palestine, should reject this framework, as most of the international community has done. Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE`s ambassador to the United States, issued a statement on 13 August in which he hailed the agreement as a “victory for diplomacy and for the region” and added how it “reduces tensions and creates new energy for positive change”.

[7] One of the agreements stipulates that Israelis do not need visas to visit the United Arab Emirates and the Emiratis can also visit Israel freely. As direct flights are expected to begin in January, Israel`s tourism industry, hit hard by COVID-19, expects 250,000 Emiratis a year. Some Israeli tour operators already sell trips to Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The alleged impetus for the agreement, based on the ZBM tweet after its announcement, was to “end the continued Israeli annexation of the Palestinian territories.” In the summer of 2020, Abu Dhabi made it clear that it was working to put an end to Israel`s plans for unilateral annexation of part of the West Bank, a move that has the potential to trigger internal political unrest throughout the Arab world, trigger conflicts along Israel`s northern front and deliver the coup to a two-state solution. The UAE`s opposition to annexation is not surprising, as the UAE is invested as a status quo power in maintaining stability and order in the region.