‘Huge breakthrough’
● On August 13, 2020, the UAE and Israel agree to normalise ties in a US-brokered deal.
The news is broken by US President Donald Trump in a tweet hailing a “HUGE breakthrough” and a “Historic Peace Agreement between our two GREAT friends”.
A joint statement by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, President Trump, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces Israel will “suspend declaring sovereignty” over occupied Palestinian West Bank areas as had been slated after a controversial US-proposed Middle East peace plan.