Secret $2.3bn Israeli-UAE Military Deal Sparks Alarm
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UAE Signs $2.3 Billion Defense Deal with Israeli Firm Elbit
Is the UAE-Israel accord a historic diplomatic triumph, or a shameful betrayal of Palestinian rights?
Above: The UAE and Israeli national flags in Netanya, Israel, on Aug. 17, 2020. Image credit: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg/Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-Israel narrative
The overarching UAE-Israel peace accord represents a historic triumph of diplomacy that opens unprecedented opportunities for collaboration in education, technology, health care and commerce while maintaining an unwavering commitment to Palestinian rights and a two-state solution. This warm peace, built on interfaith tolerance and mutual respect, demonstrates how skilled diplomacy and courageous leadership can transform regional dynamics and create hope where distrust once dominated. The agreement proves that meaningful peace requires people within nations to desire change and pursue a better future for coming generations.
Anti-Israel narrative
The UAE's capitulation to Israel constitutes a shameful betrayal that abandons decades of unified Arab commitment to Palestinian sovereignty and rewards Israeli violations of international law with normalization. This collaboration defies the Arab Peace Initiative, violates the Arab League Charter, and endorses Trump's plan that rubber-stamps annexation while completely sidelining Palestinian self-determination. The agreement represents cowardice and corruption that break sacred principles established at the 1974 Rabat Summit and undermine the rules-based international order.