Saturday, 15 August 2020_The UAE's minister of state for foreign affairs has defended a deal between his Persian Gulf country and Israel, claiming that the agreement, which will lead to full normalization of ties, staved off Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to annex large part of the occupied West Bank for a “long time.”
“I don’t understand Israeli politics. It is very complicated. But this is a three-way commitment. We are sure that as we will keep our commitment, and the US is involved, [and] Israel will keep its commitment. I think we have bought a lot of time… I don’t think it is a short suspension,” UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, said during an interview with the Walla news site on Friday, which marked the first-ever interview by a high-ranking Emirati official with an Israeli media outlet.
The UAE's minister added that the suspension would provide a window of opportunity for the Israeli regime and the Palestinians to return to the table in order to negotiate toward a so-called two-state solution.
“I don’t understand Israeli politics. It is very complicated. But this is a three-way commitment. We are sure that as we will keep our commitment, and the US is involved, [and] Israel will keep its commitment. I think we have bought a lot of time… I don’t think it is a short suspension,” UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, said during an interview with the Walla news site on Friday, which marked the first-ever interview by a high-ranking Emirati official with an Israeli media outlet.
The UAE's minister added that the suspension would provide a window of opportunity for the Israeli regime and the Palestinians to return to the table in order to negotiate toward a so-called two-state solution.
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