Israel and the United Arab Emirates reach historic deal to normalize relations, with Trump's help - Reuters
By: Steve Holland (U. S.)
Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a historic deal on Thursday that will lead to a full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that U.S. President Donald Trump helped broker.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a historic deal on Thursday that will lead to a full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that U.S. President Donald Trump helped broker.
Under the agreement, Israel has agreed to suspend applying sovereignty to areas of the West Bank that it has been discussing annexing, senior White House officials told Reuters.
The deal was the product of lengthy discussions between Israel, the UAE and the United States that accelerated recently, White House officials said.
The agreement was sealed in a phone call on Thursday between Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed.
"HUGE breakthrough today! Historic Peace Agreement between our two GREAT friends, Israel and the United Arab Emirates," Trump wrote on Twitter.
In the White House Oval Office, Trump said discussions between the two leaders had sometimes been tense. He said similar deals are being discussed with other countries in the region. A signing ceremony including delegations from Israel and the United Arab Emirates will be held at the White House in the coming weeks, Trump added.
"Everybody said this would be impossible," Trump said. "After 49 years, Israel and the United Arab Emirates will fully normalize their diplomatic relations. They exchange …
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Ahhh, If only it was somebody else, there might just be a Nobel Peace Prize!
Congrats Mr President!
A Nobel peace prize for what? Congrats to the President for what? The Palestinians didn't agree to this deal and they are furious with the UAE.
"The Israeli government did not pledge to recognize Palestinian sovereignty over the West Bank. It did not promise to halt or even slow the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. Rather, Israel agreed that it will not illegally annex its settlements in the West Bank, in wanton defiance of international law and opinion — for a little while."
This deal in no way guarantees any peace. It's basically a business deal between UAE leaders and Israel but doesn't actually resolve anything. In fact, it may further inflame violence in the region. So go ahead and pat the idiot in the white house on the back, but this is as useless a brokered deal as the one he got with Kim Jong Un, which was nothing.
It may set up a situation where Israeli air and naval forces may well help defend the UAE from Iran in the future. This is a great deal and it further isolates the Palestinians from the rest of the Arab world.
It certainly cannot be any worse than the bogus Nobel Prize that Trump's predecessor got 6 months into his first term without doing squat to earn it.
I agree with you there, but that doesn't mean the Nobel committee should double the offense by giving one to the most divisive inept President in modern history.
This is only the third middle eastern country to normalize relations with Israel. Remember when Egypt was the first? It is always a risky move for any of those countries.
The Palestinians didn't agree to this deal and they are furious with the UAE.
I'm sure they are. Come closer....LET THEM POUND SAND.....They had many great deals offered to them but they just wouldn't consent to Israel's right to exist.
This deal in no way guarantees any peace. It's basically a business deal between UAE leaders and Israel but doesn't actually resolve anything.
It does a few things - First and foremost it lines up the US, Israel and the UAE against the region's great aggressor nation & sponsor of terrorism - Iran.
Sorry, to hear that the usual suspects disapprove.
If this is all proves to be correct, it is indeed very good news. I fervently hope so.
Just a footnote: "Trump said he wanted it to be called the Donald J. Trump Accord." Can't he ever give it a f-ing break? If he wins re-election, does he want it called the United States of Trump?
That's part of the complex. Have you ever had a fiend who was bullied as a child? It changes their personality. They always have to give themselves the credit that the bullies denied them.
I'm not a psychiatrist, just an observation.
Your observation is ridiculous. He was like this long before any Democrats started "bullying" him.
Oh dear!
He was like this long before any Democrats started "bullying" him.
I guess you paid a lot more attention to citizen Trump than I ever did. All I know is that he would eventually become the remedy for what ails this nation.
He IS what ails this nation.
According to his niece, a trained psychologist, a large part of the fault lies with his father. I would think that he also had to have character defects to begin with.
That's your world view. The direct opposite of mine.
Oh yes, his niece has suddenly become the long awaited "Messiah!"
I would think that he also had to have character defects to begin with.
Like just about everyone. However he had enough qualities to get himself elected President of the United States.
I'd like everyone to notice something. The first two comments related to the historic deal. Look where the conversation has gone? JR has become kind of an expert at this. Getting this deal done was a victory for everyone involved. It is a great step forward for peace in the middle east.
You seem to think that Trump is the long awaited Messiah.
he had enough qualities to get himself elected
Being a racist, conman, grievance candidate? Yes, it worked last time.
It is a great step forward for peace in the middle east.
Let's hope that it is.
You can, unfortunately, call people anything. It doesn't make it so no matter how times it's repeated!
Let's hope that it is.
I there is something that we can all agree on!
He said it and you repeated it. That's twice.
Three times earns a ticket for trolling!
Unfortunately?
Hmmm...
something we can all agree on
Yes
If you would stop with the delusional descriptions of trump, such as that he has been bullied by the left which made him narcissistic, we wouldn't have to say things you dont like.
It would make it easier on all of us if we dispensed with the descriptions altogether and focused on his record as President. That's really all that counts.
He's not fit to hold office, for legal, moral and ethical reasons. A deal in the middle east doesnt change that.
Say's someone who prefers Biden.
I'm afraid that has NEVER been good enough!
Be specific, why the low grade?
For some reason I seem to know about a hundred times more about trump than you do.
I cant explain it, but it means your credibility to talk about him is minimal.
If you do, you've obviously been keeping it a secret.
I cant explain it, but it means your credibility to talk about him is minimal.
Not to those who are reading this. They're probably wondering why you haven't given any credit to this President for helping with this deal. They might also be wondering why you are never able to discuss the policies of a President which most any liberal is willing to discuss.
I really don't think they are questioning my credibility, John.
Trump is not fit to hold office. Your tactic is to simply ignore that 8000 lb gorilla in the room. Those days are numbered.
That's twice John.
Have a good day.
You thought it was going to change?
Careful John, skirting is as bad as trolling. Obviously you aren't here to discuss the President's achievement, so you and I have reached the fork in the road.
why the low grade?
Dropping out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Dropping out of the Iran Nuclear Deal (without providing any better alternative)
Dropping out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Wholesale evisceration of vital environmental regulations
Profiting from the Presidency often at taxpayers' expense
Inviting foreign governments to interfere in our elections
Cozying up to dictators while disparaging our allies
Seemingly conducting aspects of American foreign policy for the benefit of Russia, not the United States
Promoting blatant racism (NOT TROLLING)
Lying to the American people on a daily basis (NOT TROLLING)
Abysmal failure with regard to the Coronavirus pandemic
Failing to accept responsibility for his many mistakes
Taking credit for his predecessor's accomplishments
... just to name a few reasons for his well-deserved "F".
The agreement that only had America doing things. When was big polluter China supposed to stop polluting?
I gave Trump an A on that.
Dropping out of the Iran Nuclear Deal (without providing any better alternative)
The unholy agreement that Obama couldn't even hope Congress would enact as a treaty? The one that enriched Iran and basically depended on Iran's word? The one that would eventually allow Iran to build nuclear weapons?
I gave Trump an A for that plus the sanctions he added.
Dropping out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
OMG.....Even Hillary Clinton ran away from that one
I gave Trump an A+ for that
Wholesale evisceration of vital environmental regulations
More like a realistic balanced approach to what helped drive many corporations away.
Profiting from the Presidency often at taxpayers' expense
False. The President doesn't even take his salary.
Inviting foreign governments to interfere in our elections
False.
Cozying up to dictators while disparaging our allies
False.
Promoting blatant racism (NOT TROLLING)
False and outrageous! Trump was the President who signed the "First Step Act" into law, funded historically black colleges & Universities and achieved the unique distinction of achieving full employment - the first & only time since records were kept (we all know that China wiped that away!). It hardly sounds like a "racist."
Lying to the American people on a daily basis (NOT TROLLING)
False. Clearly there are more lies about Trump than he could ever tell in two lifetimes.
Abysmal failure with regard to the Coronavirus pandemic
If you think it was a failure, you need to blame Dr Fauci - It was his advice that was followed.
Failing to accept responsibility for his many mistakes
The many mistakes you can't seem to recall?
Taking credit for his predecessor's accomplishments
His predecessor was a radical leftist who told us all that he intended to transform this nation, which he seemed to deeply resent. The only legacy he left us was $20 Trillion in debt, federal judges who have led the resistance, the politicization of government agencies and a lot of dead cops.
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That's what you would call "grade inflation".
Actually, it looks like he schooled you on your "handler given talking points". Probably took him all of 5 minutes to type the rebuttal up.
I left teaching to Mr DeMarco.
Talking points imported from China!
That's why we vote the way we do. The differences between the people we vote for are fairly stark.
Yeah, his illustrious niece with a huge axe to grind against the president to begin with.
"handler given talking points"
Specious comment
The differences between the people we vote for are fairly stark.
That is certainly true.
What's an Honors?
Btw your'e welcome.
Your joke is now responding to my "removed" joke... Sort of breaks the continuity, doesn't it?
Well, thanks.
People will now want to know who Mr DeMarco is. He must be close to 100 years old by now!
That's the thing about teachers - you only remember the good ones.
That's the thing about teachers - you only remember the good ones.
I might be the exception. I remember them all.
I had your comment restored on my Teddy Roosevelt article. You don't have to thank me for it.
I give you, Vic, an F.
I suppose that will keep me up all night. I better have a Rum & Coke.
It was 3 minutes.
I'll put it up against your's. Our readers will decide.
Well, Tess, if that's the case, it's time to say good night.
Yes, let's all run out and vote for trump now. He deserves it !
(sarc)
You and I are not "all." We know what we are voting for. It is the not so political group who will ultimately decide the election (we hope). They will either remember what Trump gave them or react to what China has taken away.
One atta boy does not wipe out all of the ah shits he has pulled.
If that's how you feel, you have the Harris/Biden ticket. Harris has a record as AG in SF and as well as a term in the US Senate. She also has a bit of a policy agenda. IMHO, Whoever votes for that ticket should at least know what it stands for.
Now, we all know that if Obama had done this, we all would hear nothing but royal accolades from the left, including, the leftist media, and talk of another Peace Prize would overshadow the Biden/Harris debacle.
What I am highly surprised about is that those same leftists have not come out and said Obama was the one that started all this and Trump just carried on with it, so Obama should get all the kudos anyway.
Of course, we know Obama would never do anything that is beneficial to Israel. He hates Israel just as much, if not more, than the US.
As far as Israel is concerned - "peace" will not happen until they have regained all of the land promised by God to Abraham.
For starters - all of the Palestinians will need to be removed from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
For starters.
You see, the amount of land promised Abraham is a bit larger than some are aware of which will make any "peace treaty" a bit difficult.
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“The U.A.E. would’ve faced condemnation across the Muslim world as a traitor for recognizing Israel and it would’ve been a big recruitment narrative for extremists,” Ms. Fontenrose said. “But with the agreement from Israel that they won’t proceed with annexation, it turns U.A.E. into the Palestinians’ savior.”....Kirsten Fontenrose
it turns U.A.E. into the Palestinians’ savior.
They may well see it that way. Interesting turn of events.
There were three who have vied to hold that title. The other two are Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Saddam proclaimed he was their savior as I recall. Even bombing Israel with scud missiles in 1991 during the Kuwait thing.
That was when Iraq was a functioning country.