UAE-ISRAEL Deal: Saving The West Bank?

The shock is still reeling across the Muslim world with the diplomatic deal between the UAE and Israel. Those against the deal call it a bluff and a sell-out of the Palestinian struggle.

The UAE and Saudi Arabian papers hail the deal as a diplomatic breakthrough, one that will keep West Bank safe.

But some portals are blasting the leader of the United Arab Emirates saying the deal will not clean his sins.

“Bin Zayed (UAE Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Zayed) is hoping to cleanse his sins as he is viewed by most Arabs and Muslims as one of the strongest US hands in the Middle East and one of the best friends of the Israeli occupation state in the region,” says the Middle East Monitor.

The editorial and the news articles of the Monitor is making the rounds in WhatsApp groups where Muslims are debating the deal.

WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS

“This deal, however, does not cleanse his (Bin Zayed) sins, and it is not at all considered an achievement for Bin Zayed, rather a “big achievement” for Netanyahu,” the Monitor says.

“As Bin Zayed claimed that the annexation had stopped, while the joint statement clearly stated it was “suspended”.

In the UAE, the editorialists are guided to publish screaming headlines.

Israel has agreed to suspend applying sovereignty to areas of the West Bank – Khaleej Times

“The UAE has reached a historic peace deal with Israel and the United States that will ensure no more Palestinian land is annexed in the West Bank,” the paper says.

Arab News hails a ‘historic’ deal in a move seen as a full backing from the Saudi Arabian royal rulers for the deal.

The newspaper says the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince sees the agreement as a means to stop the further annexation of Palestinian land.

But it also voices concerns from the Palestinian Authority. Arab News says:

• This agreement is a betrayal of Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa and the Palestinian cause, complains Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas
• A widespread Palestinian fear is that the UAE-Israel agreement could weaken the Arab Peace Initiative

GLOBAL REACTIONS

While Trump hails the agreement as a big breakthrough, the UN welcomes it.

“Any initiative that can promote peace and security in the Middle East.” says the United Nations.

Iran calls UAE move to normalize ties with Israel shameful, dagger in back of Palestinians.

The Iranian government calls on Security Council to reject U.S. ‘ill-intentioned’ move.

Iran called the action a “strategic stupidity” by the UAE and Israel.

In a statement, the Iranians say the move will definitely result in boosting the axis of resistance.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran considers this ‘shameful’ action of Abu Dhabi in normalizing ties with the fake, anti-human and illegitimate Zionist regime a dangerous action and warns about any interference of the Zionist regime in equations of the Persian Gulf region and announces that the government of the Emirates and other accompanying governments must admit responsibility for consequences of this action,” said the statement.

“Normalizing ties with the fake, anti-human and illegitimate Zionist regime a dangerous action.”

Iranian Government