In the wake of a meeting between UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a top Emirati official says that Israel will not be annexing the West Bank.
Bin Zayed in the meeting conveyed “the UAE’s decisive position closing the file on Israeli annexation of Palestinian lands,” writes Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the president of the United Arab Emirates, on X. “The meeting represents a bold step in support of international efforts to end the war in Gaza and reach a permanent ceasefire that ends the humanitarian tragedy and bolsters the path to peace,” he adds.
Bin Zayed and Netanyahu met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
US President Donald Trump declared on Thursday that Israeli annexation of the West Bank is “not going to happen.”
Earlier this month, a top United Arab Emirates official warned Israel that annexing the West Bank would cross a “red line” that would “end the vision of regional integration.
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