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While Israel’s Gulf ties soar, UAE and Abbas’s PA now bitterly at odds
[IsraelTimes] Abu Dhabi has embraced Abbas rival Mohammad Dahlan, and its donations to Paleostinian Authority have dried up; PA officials now accuse it of backing Trump peace plan.For at least the past decade, Israel and the United Arab Emirates have slowly cultivated ties under the radar. In 2010, an Israeli minister attended a conference in Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed reportedly met in New York City in 2012. Israel opened a diplomatic mission to a United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... body in the Emirati capital in 2015, and the Israeli and Emirati air forces took part in the same exercises in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-11-23 |
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