The El Al plane that landed in Abu Dhabi is emblazoned with the word ‘peace’ in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
Presidential senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner was among a group of top U.S. and Israeli officials who traveled to the United Arab Emirates from Israel on Monday in the first direct flight operated by an Israeli airline to the Gulf kingdom.
Officials on the Boeing 737-900 that is emblazoned with the word ‘peace’ in Hebrew, Arabic and English also included National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien and an Israeli delegation headed by National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat. Before take off, Becker confirmed that the plane would fly through Saudi airspace and the flight was expected to take three hours and 20 minutes. If it was not going over Saudi Arabia it would have been more than a seven hour flight, he said.
The Palestinians meanwhile have decried the agreement and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s spokesman has called the UAE's actions a “betrayal” of Jerusalem and the Palestinian cause.
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