White House senior adviser Jared Kushner celebrated Israel's new agreement with the United Arab Emirates, stating that the deal that President Trump facilitated is a sign of major change in the region.
The deal, which calls for the two countries to normalize relations, is just the third peace agreement between Israel and an Arab nation, following treaties with Egypt and Jordan -- the most recent having been signed in 1994. When asked whether the Israel-UAE deal was a sign that other peace agreements could be coming in the future, Kushner said that the administration does not publicly disclose private discussions, but he did express optimism that change is coming.
“This really is a paradigm shift,” Kushner said. “And what President Trump has tried to do for the last three years is he recognizes that a lot of the approaches taken in the Middle East in the previous administrations just didn’t work and weren’t serving America’s interests.” The agreement calls for the countries to set up embassies and send ambassadors, and includes having flights between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi. The deal has already drawn support from Egypt, Oman, and Bahrain.
“Going forward, this shows people that things are possible," Kushner added. "I believe that many people had grown hopeless in the Middle East because they’ve just seen years and years of failure and they didn’t believe that things could change. And so the problems became very fixed.”
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