{"id":24952,"date":"2020-08-16T13:25:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T17:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=24952"},"modified":"2020-08-16T13:25:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T17:25:48","slug":"the-fake-israel-uae-peace-deal-was-foisted-on-the-mideast-after-netanyahu-threatened-annexation-of-west-bank-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=24952","title":{"rendered":"The Fake Israel-UAE Peace Deal Was Foisted on the Mideast After Netanyahu Threatened Annexation of West Bank Lands"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Trump says \u2018historic\u2019 Israel-UAE deal on diplomatic ties will \u2018suspend\u2019 Israeli annexation of Palestinian lands<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24953\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24953\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24953\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5f355e712030272ee97560b8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5f355e712030272ee97560b8.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5f355e712030272ee97560b8-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Reuters \/ Kevin Lamarque<\/p><\/div>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>Israel and the UAE have restored diplomatic ties after inking a deal with the US that will see Tel Aviv temporarily shelve its annexation of the West Bank and Jordan Valley to focus on improving relations with its neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>At US President Donald Trump\u2019s request, Israel has agreed to suspend its plans to officially engulf large areas of the Palestinian territories and instead focus on<em>\u00a0\u201cexpanding ties with other countries in the Arab and Muslim world,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0according to a joint statement released by the three countries on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<p>Trump announced the\u00a0<em>\u201cHUGE breakthrough\u201d<\/em>\u00a0on Thursday following a\u00a0phone call with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and the UAE\u2019s Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1293922803419353088&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fnews%2F497940-israel-uae-deal-trump-palestine%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1293922803419353088\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Israel and the UAE will work together on developing a coronavirus vaccine, the statement continued, adding that the two nations would also work with the US to\u00a0<em>\u201claunch a Strategic Agenda for the Middle East to expand diplomatic, trade and security cooperation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=true&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1293926405403811846&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fnews%2F497940-israel-uae-deal-trump-palestine%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1293926405403811846\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The move represents a surprising reversal of the Netanyahu government\u2019s land-grabbing election rhetoric, which had set the international community on edge given the less-than-legal status of Israel\u2019s occupation of the areas it planned to annex.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The UAE is the first Gulf nation to officially normalize relations with Israel, though Saudi Arabia has long been on cozy terms with the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>Emirati and Israeli officials will meet in the near future to sign bilateral agreements on technology, investment, security, travel, energy, culture, healthcare, and the environment, among other issues, as well as to discuss establishing mutual embassies.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told reporters the agreement will also give Muslims greater access to Jerusalem\u2019s Al-Aqsa Mosque and hinted that \u201c<em>other nations &#8211; very powerful, very good nations<\/em>\u201d were planning to follow the UAE\u2019s example.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation with Netanyahu and bin Zayed \u201c<em>was like love<\/em>,\u201d Trump continued.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu hailed the agreement, officially named the Abraham Accords, as a \u201c<em>historic day<\/em>\u201d and praised the arrival of a \u201c<em>peace that will stand in opposition to extremism<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>For decades, Israel was rejected in the region, and now this has changed<\/em>,\u201d he said, adding that \u201c<em>there will be more Arab and Muslim countries that will enter into peace with us.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 However, he made it clear annexation was only being put on ice temporarily.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>There is no change in my plans to apply sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, with full coordination with the US.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Palestinian leaders, however, were not pleased. \u201c<em>Israel got rewarded for not declaring openly what it\u2019s been doing to Palestine illegally and persistently since the beginning of the occupation<\/em>,\u201d Palestinian Liberation Organization Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi tweeted in response to the news, adding that the UAE had merely \u201c<em>come out in the open on its secret dealings\/normalization with Israel<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/497940-israel-uae-deal-trump-palestine\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/497940-israel-uae-deal-trump-palestine\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says \u2018historic\u2019 Israel-UAE deal on diplomatic ties will \u2018suspend\u2019 Israeli annexation of Palestinian lands<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}