ISRAEL/MIDDLE EAST/UAE: “Just a few moments ago, I hosted a very special call with two friends — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates — where they agreed to finalize a historical peace agreement. Everybody said this would be impossible…
After 49 years, Israel and the United Arab Emirates will fully normalize their diplomatic relations…
This is a truly historic moment. Not since the Israel-Jordan peace treaty was signed more than 25 years ago has so much progress been made towards peace in the Middle East.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump Announcing the Normalization of Relations Between Israel and the United Arab Emirates,” whitehouse.gov, Aug. 13, 2020