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Bahrain, Arab League have snubbed Palestinians over Israel-UAE deal — Erekat
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Palestinians have called for emergency meetings of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to reject the Israel-UAE normalization deal, but have not received replies from either body, says top Palestinian Authority official Saeb Erekat.
He also says he has written to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to ask them to pressure the UAE to cancel the agreement.
“I have received an answer from the Saudi foreign minister reassuring me that Saudi Arabia’s position is for a comprehensive peace agreement based on a two-state solution,” Erekat says, noting Bahrain “did not answer me yet.”
Regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia has been conspicuously silent on the deal, with no official reaction emerging from Riyadh.
— AFP
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