Palestinian leaders won renewed Saudi support for Palestinian statehood on Wednesday, but failed to persuade the Arab League to condemn last month’s normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
A banner showing Arab countries's flags is seen as a woman walks during a protest against normalizing ties with Israel, in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, as Arab foreign ministers meet September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
The UAE-Israel accord was the first such accommodation between an Arab country and Israel in more than 20 years, and was forged partly through shared fears of Iran. The United States, Israel and the UAE have urged Palestinian leaders to re-engage with Israel. On a trip to the Emirates, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner said Palestinians should not be “stuck in the past”.
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