Friday, 03 July _The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is using the new coronavirus to sign deals with Israel in the latest bid by Arab rulers to normalize ties with Tel Aviv, London-based al-Quds al-Arabia reports.
The newspaper said on Friday 42 Emirati companies had inked an agreement with two Israeli companies — Israeli air industries and Raphael — to purportedly develop technological solutions to rein in the pandemic.
The two Israeli firms are affiliated with the regime’s war ministry and provide the military with equipment and missiles.
On June 26, the UAE officially announced the launch of joint projects with Israel in the medical field especially in the fight against the coronavirus, and on the same day Israeli media revealed that Abu Dhabi had provided Tel Aviv with 100,000 test kits for the virus.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the following day that the regime would be cooperating with the UAE in battling the disease despite the absence of diplomatic ties between the two sides.
The UAE has so far delivered two shipments of virus-related medical aid via a flight to the Israeli-occupied territories.
The UAE has no diplomatic relations with Israel but, together with other Persian Gulf Arab states, has in recent years been moving increasingly toward the normalization of ties with the occupying regime.
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