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UAE-Israel Treaty Is Far Larger Step Towards Peace than Critics Allege


(National Interest) Orde Kittrie - The UAE-Israel Peace Treaty commits the two countries to a relationship far warmer than the cold peace Israel has with Egypt and Jordan (outside the security field). It will facilitate peace by showing that Arab governments and their citizens benefit more by partnering with Israel than by seeking to isolate or dismantle it. The UAE's commitment to sweeping government-to-government cooperation with Israel, close people-to-people relations with Israelis, and other stark departures from the zero-sum Palestinian agenda represent a remarkable strategic pivot. The writer, who served for ten years as a U.S. State Department attorney, is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and law professor at Arizona State University.
2020-09-29 00:00:00
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