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United Arab Emirates Minister urges ties between Arab states and Israel

UAE Foreign Minister admitted in an interview that the decision to ban contact with Israel was self-defeating, saying, “Many, many years ago, when there was an Arab decision not to have contact with Israel, that was a very, very wrong decision, looking back.”

By Reuters

 

Relations between Arab states and Israel need to shift to help progress towards peace with the Palestinians, a senior United Arab Emirates official was quoted on Thursday as saying.

The decision by many Arab countries not to talk with Israel has complicated finding a solution over the decades, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said, according to Abu Dhabi-based daily The National. Continue Reading »