Published: 18 August 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
While Israel celebrates a new peace accord, Palestinians once again lose (Guardian)
JONATHAN FREEDLAND: Netanyahu may have agreed to halt annexation of parts of the West Bank, but the UAE has ensured the occupation itself is normalised
Palestinians struggle to secure Arab opposition to Israel-UAE deal, officials say (Haaretz)
France's Macron tells Abbas that resuming peace talks remains a priority, while the Palestinian Authority works to stop other Arab countries from following in the UAE's footsteps
Israel-UAE normalisation deal reveals failure of Palestinian diplomacy (Haaretz)
Palestinian President Abbas is paying the price for his decision to cut ties with the UAE, but now that the threat of Israeli annexation has receded, will Palestinian cooperation with Israel resume?
Trump’s win is a loss for the Middle East (Politico)
The leaders of the US, Israel and UAE get good PR from their diplomatic deal, but the Palestinians get left out
For Palestinians, Israel-UAE deal swaps one nightmare for another (NYT)
With annexation of the West Bank off the table and Arab diplomacy turned inside out, the Palestinian struggle, once focused against Israel, now is to remain relevant
Photo: Palestinian protesters lift national flags during a demonstration against the Emirati-Israeli agreement, Ramallah, August 15 (Abbas Momani/AFP)
