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Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to normalise
in exchange for the
of Israeli plans to annex
of the West Bank. The historic breakthrough was announced in a
statement yesterday by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Al Nahyan, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump. They expressed
that the "historic
will advance peace in the Middle East". Israel has had diplomatic
with its neighbours Egypt and Jordan for
, but until now, it has never had such a
with any Gulf Arab state. Israel will "focus its efforts now on expanding
with other countries in the Arab and Muslim world".
