Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas 'rejects and denounces' Israel-UAE deal

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JERUSALEM (REUTERS) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced Israel's accord with the United Arab Emirates in a statement issued by his spokesman on Thursday (Aug 13) night.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

JERUSALEM - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced Israel's accord with the United Arab Emirates in a statement issued by his spokesman on Thursday night.

In a nationwide televised address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the peace deal would lead to"full and formal peace" with the Gulf Arab state and voiced hope that other countries in the region would follow the UAE's example. Abbas has refused all political dealings with the Trump administration for more than two years, accusing it of taking a consistently pro-Israel stance.

For Israel and the White House it signified a welcome rapprochement with a key Gulf player in a region from which Israel has long been isolated, aside from two peace treaties with its immediate neighbours Egypt and Jordan.

 

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