28 | AUGUST 20 • 2020 

Eretz

Diplomatic Breakthrough

Israel suspends West Bank annexation and 
United Arab Emirates agrees to normalization.

I

n a diplomatic breakthrough, 
Israel and the United Arab 
Emirates are normalizing ties.
As part of a peace deal bro-
kered by President Donald 
Trump, Israel will pause its plans 
to annex areas of the West Bank, 
according to a joint statement 
released Thursday, Aug. 13, by 
the White House.
“Israel will suspend declaring 
sovereignty over areas outlined 
in the President’
s Vision for 
Peace and focus its efforts now 
on expanding ties with other 
countries in the Arab and Muslim 
world. The United States, Israel 
and the United Arab Emirates are 
confident that added diplomatic 

breakthroughs with other nations 
are possible, and will work 
together to achieve this goal,
” the 
statement read.
The statement, which referred 
to the two countries as “two 
of America’
s most reliable and 
capable regional partners,
” said 
that Israel and the UAE will sign 
agreements in the coming weeks 
related to investment, tourism, air 
travel, security, opening embassies 
and more. The two nations also 
will work together on developing 
a vaccine for the coronavirus, it 
said.
The Gulf states have been 
growing closer with Israel 
in recent years, but the 

UAE is the first to establish for-
mal ties with the Jewish state. The 
countries share a goal of coun-
tering Iranian influence in the 
Middle East.
Most Arab countries do not 
recognize Israel’
s existence. The 
Jewish state currently has ties only 
with Egypt and Jordan.
“The UAE is employing its 
decision for normal relations with 
Israel,
” the UAE’
s foreign minister 
said in a statement, according to 
the Times of Israel.
Speaking to media Aug. 13, 
Trump suggested that agreements 
between Israel and some of its 

other Muslim neighbors in the 
region could come soon, the 
Times of Israel reported.
“Things are happening that I 
can’
t talk about,
” he said.
After promising the move 
during multiple election cam-
paigns last year, Israeli Prime 
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 
had been pushing to annex parts 
of West Bank around July 1. 
The plans were delayed after the 
Trump administration voiced 
concern with the idea. 

See more in-depth coverage of this 
breakthrough in the Aug. 27, 2020, 
edition of the Jewish News.

JOSEFIN DOLSTEN JTA

YOSSI ALONI/FLASH90

Israeli Prime Minister 
Benjamin Netanyahu at 
a military base in Ramla, 
Israel, Aug. 4, 2020.

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