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Palestinians say deal caught them off guard
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBenny Gantz and Gabi Ashkenazi weren’t the only ones caught off guard by the US’s announcement of a deal between Israel and the UAE. Two Palestinian officials tell UAE-based The National that they did not know about the agreement, and leadership found out just minutes before the announcement.
“We didn’t know,” one says. “I’m shocked.”
“I spoke to several people in high positions who should have known. They didn’t know,” the official says.
“I didn’t know. I just read about it in the press,” the second official says.
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