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‘Many More’ Secret Talks with Arab Leaders on Ties: Israeli PM

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and White House adviser Jared Kushner make joint statements to the press in Jerusalem. August 30, 2020. (Debbie Hill / AP)
  • ‘Many More’ Secret Talks with Arab Leaders on Ties: Israeli PM
    by https://www.trtworld.com/
    Israel’s first commercial flight to the United Arab Emirates is set for Monday, which follows the August 13 announcement of a US-brokered agreement to normalise relations between the two countries.
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    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel is in secret talks with several Arab states on establishing ties, in addition to its US-backed deal struck with the UAE. “There are many more unpublicised meetings with Arab and Muslim leaders to normalise relations with the state of Israel,” he said on the eve of Israel’s first commercial flight to the United Arab Emirates.
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    The historic flight follows the August 13 announcement of a US-brokered agreement to normalise relations between the two countries, making the UAE the first Gulf country and only the third Arab state to establish relations with Israel after Egypt and Jordan. The Monday morning flight will carry a US-Israeli delegation led on the American side by White House advisor Jared Kushner, who stood next to Netanyahu during the Israeli premier’s remarks.
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