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Saudi Journalist: Every Arab Country Is Entitled to Establish Relations with Israel
(MEMRI) Senior Saudi journalist Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed wrote in Asharq Al-Awsat on Aug. 15 that 163 of the 193 countries in the world recognize Israel. The establishment of ties between the UAE and Israel comes 40 years after the appointment of Egypt's first ambassador to Tel Aviv. "Every state makes its own sovereign decisions according to its own interests, not according to what the Palestinians or other Arabs desire." "The Arabs have already gotten over the stage of establishing relations with Israel, and doing so is no longer shocking - it is considered old hat. The Israelis have already landed at every airport in the Arab capitals, and have been officially received there as diplomats, athletes, security officials, or journalists....The Palestinian losses have never stopped, because of their failure to deal with reality and their refusal to understand the circumstances of the Arab countries that establish relations with Israel."