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Abraham Accord to facilitate
his succeeding the 84-year-old
Abbas. Dhalan, however, does
not have broad support among
Palestinians.
In order to capitalize on the
Abraham Accord, other states
in the region should play a
more constructive role, provid-
ing incentives for both Israel
and the Palestinian Authority to
move toward a genuine, negoti-
ated peace. These incentives can
make compromises more palat-
able for the respective domestic
audiences and can also provide
cover for leaders, who can point
to those external pressures to
explain their compromises. In
the long term, extensive real
normalization will still ultimate-
ly depend on the resolution of
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
through negotiations.
We will also see in the
coming months whether the
UAE will receive F-35 fighter
jets from the United States
as a possible dividend from
this deal. The U.S. recently
removed export restrictions on
armed UAVs (unmanned aerial
vehicles) and the UAE would
be interested in varying its
armed UAV fleet. Apparently,
Netanyahu did not consult
with his Foreign Minister
Gabi Ashkenazi or his Defense
Minister Benny Gantz on the
agreement; thus the military
establishment never weighed in
on what appears to be a link to
the UAE receiving F-35 jets.
White House Special Advisor
Jared Kushner said that “this
new peace agreement should
increase the probability of [the
UAE] getting F-35s.
”
The perceived danger of Iran,
shared by Israel and other states
in the region, facilitates oppor-
tunities for further cooperation.
But it is also makes clear the
need to include the Palestinians
in the process: such a peace
agreement will further diminish
Iran’
s influence as the leader
of the “reject Israel” camp, as
well as recognizing the right to
self-determination and peace
for both peoples.
Leaders in each country will
make the crucial difference in
deciding whether this peace
deal is capitalized upon to move
toward genuine acceptance of
Israel in the region and, neces-
sarily, Palestinian statehood.
Yael Aronoff is the director of the
Serling Institute for Jewish Studies
and Modern Israel,Serling Chair of
Israel Studies, and associate pro-
fessor at James Madison College
and the Serling Institute at Michigan
State University.
Yousef Al Otaiba,
Ambassador of the
United Arab Emirates
to the United States,
speaks at the United
Against Nuclear Iran
2018 Summit in New
York City.
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