No agreement with Israel on the price of Palestine, UAE
Abu Dhabi: Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has said that the agreement with Israel was not made at the cost of the Palestinian cause.
The United Arab Emirates is the second homeland of the Palestinians and we are committed to making Palestine a separate state with East Jerusalem as its capital,” he told the Arab News Agency.
Last month, Israel and the UAE signed an agreement to establish diplomatic and business relations. Following the agreement, direct phone lines and commercial flights between Israel and the UAE have been restored. The first commercial flight from Israel arrived in Dubai yesterday with US and Israeli officials
On the other hand, according to the Emirati officials, this agreement is an important development on the issue of Palestine because it is conditional on stopping the ongoing Israeli settlement on the Palestinian land. However, Israel has vowed to suspend the illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories and has not announced a future withdrawal from settlements in the West Bank.