United Arab Emirates warned Israel on Wednesday that The annexation of the occupied West Bank would constitute a “red line” for Abu Dhabi that would seriously undermine the spirit of Abraham’s agreements, which normalized the relations between Eau and Israel.
Eau’s comments, the most prominent of the three Arab states signed by the agreements with Israel during the first mandate of President Donald Trump, They supposed the toughest critic of Abu Dhabi to Israel since Gaza’s War broke out in 2023When Hamas launched his cross -border incursion from the enclave.
Trump has tried to expand agreements, but his efforts to attract other countries, including Saudi Arabia, have been frustrated For the growing international criticisms in the Arab world, Europe and other countries to the way Israel has carried out war.
Israeli finance minister, ultra -rightist Bezalel Smotrich, Announced in August the beginning of the works of a long postpatted settlement that will divide the West Bank and separate it from Jerusalem easta measure that, according to his office, will “bury” the idea of a Palestinian state.
The Palestinian authority, which exercises a limited self -government in parts of the West Bank, as well as allies and humanitarian groups, They condemned the project, qualifying it as illegal and affirming that the fragmentation of the territory will put any peace plan for the region. Smotrich has also advocated the annexation of the West Bank.
“From the beginning we saw the agreements as a way of allowing our continuous support to the Palestinian people and their legitimate aspiration to an independent state”Said Nusseibeh, an Deputy Minister of Political Affairs and sent by Eau Foreign Minister, to Reuters.
“We ask the Israeli government to suspend these plans (of settlements). It cannot be allowed that extremists of any kind dictate the trajectory of the region. Peace requires courage, persistence and refusing that violence define our options, “he added.
Nusseibeh added that “The annexation of the West Bank would constitute a red line for EAU”, since it would seriously undermine “vision and spirit” of Abraham’s agreements and would end the search for regional integration.
