With the US acting as an intermediary, Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed back in August to work towards “normalisation” making it the third Arab nation to have full relations with Israel, after Egypt and Jordan. Two weeks ago, we witnessed an El Al plane taking off from Israel carrying a high-ranking American and Israeli delegation to Abu Dhabi in the first-ever direct commercial passenger flight to the United Arab Emirates. The El Al flight required the approval of Saudi Ariba to fly over Saudi airspace. Whilst the kingdom along with other Arab states maintain their boycotts of Israel in support of Palestinians obtaining an independent state it was nevertheless a historic...
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