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Israel suspends West Bank annexation in deal to normalise relations with UAE

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Published: 14 August 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Trump hails US-brokered pact; PA condemns 'despicable betrayal'; Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi minister all praise agreement

Hailing ‘new era with Arab world,’ Netanyahu vows others will follow UAE’s lead (Times of Israel)
Touting ‘full and formal peace’ with advanced, innovative Gulf nation, PM says Israelis will soon be flying direct to Abu Dhabi; insists annexation plan is only temporarily halted

Israel-UAE deal clears annexation muddle; but not for everyone (Haaretz)
As Netanyahu lauds 'historic agreement,' the UAE gets international applause and Trump gets to flaunt a peace deal, the only ones left out are the Palestinians

‘A despicable betrayal’: PA blasts Emirates, demands retraction of Israel deal (Times of Israel)
Ramallah recalls envoy to Abu Dhabi; Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi minister all praise agreement; Jordan, in cooler response, says Israel must enter into talks with Palestinians

Israel signs historic deal with UAE that will 'suspend' West Bank annexation (Guardian)
Trump hails US-brokered pact as ‘peace agreement’ but cracks quickly appear as Netanyahu denies change of plan

Israel suspends West Bank annexation in deal to normalise relations with the UAE (Haaretz)
Annexation still on the table, Netanyahu says, but US asked Israel to 'temporarily postpone' applying sovereignty to parts of West Bank in order to advance the peace agreement

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Annexation isn’t dead; a desperate Trump could bring it back to life (Foreign Policy)
DANIEL SHAPIRO: Israel's plan to annex parts of the West Bank seems off the agenda for now, but Trump might push Netanyahu to proceed anyway

 
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