The UAE-Israel deal offers a boost for President Trump, a political lifeline for Israel PM Netanyahu — and could benefit Joe Biden if he's elected in November, experts say.
The agreement to normalize relations between Israel and the UAE illustrated the changing dynamics in the region. In recent years, Arab Gulf states have drawn closer to Israel due to a shared hostility toward Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood. Those same Gulf Arab governments have increasingly placed a lower priority on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an issue that not long ago would have made Thursday's agreement impossible.
Thursday's agreement was the product in part of an earlier diplomatic failure. Trump's proposed peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, promoted by the president's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, went over badly among Arab governments, not to mention among Palestinian leaders who rejected it outright.
"We wanted to speak directly to the Israelis," Otaiba said of the op-ed."The message was all the progress that you have seen and the attitudes that have been changing towards Israel — people becoming more accepting of Israel and less hostile — all of that could be undermined by a decision to annex the West Bank," he told the Emirati newspaper The National.
Israel and the Emiratis are expected to hold talks to flesh out the details from Thursday's joint statement, focusing on plans to open embassies, launch direct flights and forge regular commercial links. The Emiratis' decision to agree a deal with Israel gave Trump a diplomatic win but it also scored points with Democrats, including many who oppose annexation. The agreement could prove useful for Abu Dhabi if Joe Biden wins the White House in November, as the Emiratis hedge their bets, former officials said.
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