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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed away from putting West Bank annexation on the government’s agenda after the United Arab Emirates warned that any such move would cross a “red line” and threaten the Abraham Accords.
The meeting, scheduled for Thursday, will instead address the deteriorating security situation in the territory as international attention turns toward possible recognition of a Palestinian state at the upcoming UN General Assembly.
According to Israeli officials, the Emirates pressed Netanyahu to abandon plans to discuss applying sovereignty to large parts of the West Bank, warning that annexation would jeopardize the normalization agreement reached in 2020.
A senior Emirati official said the Accords would be “seriously undermined” if Israel pursued unilateral steps. The warning came just a day after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for Israel to annex 82 percent of the territory, remarks that drew a sharp rebuke from Abu Dhabi.
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The meeting, scheduled for Thursday, will instead address the deteriorating security situation in the territory as international attention turns toward possible recognition of a Palestinian state at the upcoming UN General Assembly.
According to Israeli officials, the Emirates pressed Netanyahu to abandon plans to discuss applying sovereignty to large parts of the West Bank, warning that annexation would jeopardize the normalization agreement reached in 2020.
A senior Emirati official said the Accords would be “seriously undermined” if Israel pursued unilateral steps. The warning came just a day after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for Israel to annex 82 percent of the territory, remarks that drew a sharp rebuke from Abu Dhabi.
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