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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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