The United Arab Emirates has made a “huge mistake” in reaching a deal toward normalising ties with Israel, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday in a speech furiously condemning what he …
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The UAE-Israel Agreement Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
The deal defers the idea of annexation rather than burying it, and could exacerbate tensions between Iran and the Gulf States.
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Despite the UAE-Israel deal, Trump will leave the Mideast a bigger mess than he found it
Yet it is this region that has provided Trump with his few foreign policy achievements. He has presided over the deaths of two major enemies of the United States — Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of …
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How 9/11 and the Coronavirus Pushed the UAE and Israel Together
The normalization pact between the United Arab Emirates and Israel that surprised the world on Thursday is the fruit of almost 20 years of covert ties between the two tiny Middle Eastern powers, and …
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Media assaults Trump over Israel-UAE peace deal
Reaction from Independent Women’s Forum visiting fellow Dr. Qanta Ahmed.
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Iran threatens ‘dangerous future’ for UAE after Israel deal
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard vowed on Saturday that there would be dangerous consequences for the United Arab Emirates after it announced a historic deal with Israel to open up diplomatic …
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Turkey may suspend ties with UAE over Israel deal, Erdogan says
The Turkish foreign ministry said history would never forgive the UAE’s “hypocritical behavior” in agreeing such a deal, which recasts the order of Middle East politics. Under the U.S.-brokered deal – …
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‘You can’t turn a battleship around overnight’: Jared Kushner downplays Saudi silence on Israel-UAE deal
Saudi Arabia, a key player when it comes to regional policy toward Israel, has remained eerily quiet on news of Israel’s accord with the United Arab Emirates.
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Swimming: India’s Olympic hopeful trio to train in Dubai
Three of India’s top swimmers will begin two months of training in Dubai next month, sports officials said on Saturday, ending an agonising wait that drove one of them to the verge of retirement ahead …
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U.S. Ambassador Says Israel’s Agreement With UAE Holds ‘Enormous Upside’
Israel and the UAE agreed to move toward normal diplomatic relations. For one perspective on the prospective deal, Morning Edition talked to U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
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Israel-UAE agreement a meek version of the historic Mideast deal Trump pledged
This is not THE Middle East peace deal that has beguiled a generation of American presidents, the one President Donald Trump commissioned his son-in-law and special advisor Jared Kushner to conclude.
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Israel-UAE deal could open up U.S. weapons sales to Gulf kingdom, experts say
Normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates could pave the way for more U.S. weapons sales to the Gulf Arab country, according to experts.
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The UAE-Israel deal is Trump’s first real foreign policy success, experts say
A shared interest in countering Iran has fueled an alignment between Israel and the Gulf Arab states, a convergence that seemed impossible not long ago.
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Kushner: Israel-UAE treaty a ‘massive change’ for the region
President Trump’s chief adviser, Jared Kushner, has said the US-brokered Israel-UAE peace treaty represents a “massive change” for the Middle East. Speaking to CBS News, Mr Kushner said the deal, …
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Iran Vows to Support Lebanon, Calls UAE-Israel Deal ‘Stab in Back’ on War Anniversary Visit
“The resistance against the Zionist enemy will lead them to certain defeat, and this is a great lesson to all governments and nations in the region,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry said.
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Palestinians say UAE deal hinders quest for Mideast peace
Israel’s agreement to establish diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates marks a watershed moment in its relations with Arab countries, but the Palestinians say it puts a just resolution of the M …
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White House officials seek momentum with other countries after Israel-UAE deal
Senior White House officials on Friday sought to use the momentum from a historic deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to appeal to more Arab and Muslim countries to set aside …
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