The Christian Post | Evangelicals, Democrats praise Trump’s Israel-UAE deal: ‘A peaceful Middle East is possible’

The deal announced Thursday to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates that would see the suspension of Israel’s plans for annexation in the West Bank has received bipartisan praise as some see the agreement as a sign that “a peaceful Middle East” is possible.

The deal was facilitated by President Donald Trump, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed. Under the terms of the agreement, Israel will suspend plans to declare sovereignty over areas outlined in Trump’s Middle East peace proposal earlier this year and “expand ties with other countries in the Arab and Muslim world.”

With UAE being the first, both Netanyahu and Trump hinted in a news conference that more Arab countries could follow suit in normalizing relations with Israel, a Jewish-majority state that has faced much hostility in the Middle East.

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