A Palestinian man walks past the remains of a tower building which was destroyed by Israeli air strikes, amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Gaza City May 13, 2021. ― Reuters picDUBAI, May 15 ― The deadly escalation between Israel and the Palestinians has embarrassed Gulf states which forged ties with the Jewish state and put a strain on their Abraham Accords that were billed as a game-changer.
The Abraham Accords swept away decades of consensus and were condemned as “treason” by Palestinian leaders who feared they undercut their demands for a homeland. It is a far cry from the heady days after the accords were announced, when prominent Emiratis tweeted “Shalom Aleikum” ― a combination of the Arabic and Hebrew greetings.
“Given the deep bilateral interest that underpin normalisation for Israel and the UAE, escalation in Palestine is probably at most a speed bump, not a brick wall.”After the Abraham Accords were signed last September, eyes turned to Saudi Arabia, the region's heavyweight and custodian of Islam's holiest sites.
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