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ABRAHAM ACCORD : Gains and

Mohamed Awwad future
3rd Level Political science

considered it an important and decisive step for the sake of
In a big surprise, and after a period of silence and extreme
supporting peace and security in the region. Egypt was at the
reservation, the US President "Donald Trump" announced in an
top of those who welcomed that agreement, which was
official statement that the UAE and Israel had reached an agreement
confirmed in an official publication published by President
he described as "historic" stating: the normalization of Emirati-
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on his official page on social media. In it,
Israeli relations, with the establishment of full diplomatic relations
he affirmed Egypt's support for this step, which would stop
and the exchange of investments. Between the two countries besides
Israel's annexation of the Palestinian territories, bring peace to
signing bilateral agreements in many fields (such as tourism,
the Middle East, and achieve prosperity and stability in the
educationand trade). This is with an emphasis on a central clause
region. This Egyptian position comes within a cear policy
stipulated in this agreement, which is the suspension of Israel’s plan
pursued by Egypt recently, which is the emphasis on the
to annex parts of the Palestinian West Bankso that the UAE is the
importance of establishing peace and security in the region and
first Gulf country and the third Arab country that It concluded an
the tendency towards a solution. In addition to that, this
agreement with Israel after the bilateral agreement between Egypt
Egyptian position embodies the original Egyptian policy
and Israel in 1979, which was subsequently followed by the accord
towards the Palestinian cause represented in the emphasis on
between Jordan and Israel in 1994.
supporting the rights of the brotherly Palestinian people.
This agreement would open a door of controversy and questions
This is in addition to many other international parties that
about the objectives of the UAE, Israel and the United States behind
welcomed this agreement, led by Germany, France, England,
this agreement, and whether this agreement was just a diplomatic
Russia, and other countries that considered that this agreement
feather in the hat of US President Donald Trump before the US
would bring peace within the region.
presidential elections, or whether the UAE took a bold step that
bears all its consequences. to fulfil the Palestinian cause, preserve
On the other hand, the agreement was strongly rejected by
the rights of the Palestinians and defuse the annexation plan, or was
some international units, headed by Iran and Turkey, which
that agreement a lifeline for Israeli Prime Minister "Benjamin
came to the point of threatening by Iranian President "Hassan
Netanyahu" to rid him of a major impasse after the high probability
Rouhani" in addition to the statement of Turkish President
that he would be unable to fulfil his promise to annex major parts of
"Erdogan" that Turkey is considering closing its embassy in
the West Bank due to the great internationalopposition.
Abu Dhabi with Suspending diplomatic relations with the
UAE, and Turkey and Iran described this step by the UAE that
Many viewpoints followed that agreement, and everyone made their
it did not achieve any benefit for the Palestinians besides that it
changes to understand, analyse and link it to many other events that
represented a betrayal of the rights of the Palestinian people,
may have paved or precipitated this step, and the following is an
but the strange thing, as usual, is that it suffices to reject and
attempt to make our changes in that file by reviewing the various
Nourhan Osama, Youstina Ebeid, Maries Adel, Nadeen Hesham, Nouran Hossam, Mostafa Sayyed, Reem
launch slogans without presenting any therapeutic vision in
views and reactions with commenting on them based on all Data that
Omran , Zeina Tarek, Hana Henien, Hania Bahaa, Yassmine Gamal Hussein, Salma Bayoumi, Mariam Sultan,
that regard. Supporting peace and security in the region, or
can be used when dealing with this topic.
Nada Hosny, Jozeph George , Farah Ezz Eldin, Aliyaa Assem, Assile Mostafa, Rana Doss, Mirna Ossama,
even preserving the rights of the Palestinian people, as both
Farah Islam, Zeina Arafa. sides claim!
The agreement was widely welcomed by many countries that
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