Palestine has announced the recall of its Ambassador from the United Arab Emirates after their decision to normalize relations with Israel. This was stated on Thursday Minister of foreign Affairs of Palestine Riyad al-Maliki.
"At the direction of the President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Ambassador urgently withdrawn from the UAE after the trilateral statement of the United States, Israel and the Emirates on the normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE," the Minister said, quoted by news Agency WAFA.
On Thursday, the President of the United States Donald trump on his Twitter page reported that Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached an agreement on full normalization of bilateral relations. According to the agreement, Israel will temporarily suspend the decision on the distribution of its sovereignty over the Jewish settlements on the West Bank of the Jordan river, provided that the American plan for the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The delegations of Israel and the UAE are planning in the coming weeks to hold a meeting for the signing of bilateral agreements, including investment, tourism, direct flights, security, telecommunications, technology, energy, health care, culture, environment, mutual establishment of embassies, as well as in other areas.
The Palestinian leadership has reacted strongly to this move Abu Dhabi, calling it a betrayal and "the destruction of the Arab peace initiative". As stated by the official representative of the Palestinian President Nabil Abu rudeina, the agreement between the UAE and Israel to normalize relations with the sponsorship of the United States "is a betrayal of Islamic Holy places] al-Aqsa, Jerusalem and the Palestinian cause". He also warned other Arab States from "submission to pressure from the us administration and following in the footsteps of the" UAE.
