Why in News ?
UAE and Israel ties : after open up their ties before three days they established direct phone call. This shows both the nations are swiftly moving towards normalise their relation. In return, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to suspend his plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank.
Why it is special about the Move ?
- UAE becomes the third Arab country to normalise relations with Israel after Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994.
- Now in the Middle East UAE enjoys the tag as a regional peace keeping country.
- Besides Israel’s move seen as dream of establishing ties with Middle East.
- Saudi Arabia have been quietly strengthening ties with Israel to attain technology from Israel.
- Also Israel already have informal relation with with Bahrain, Oman, Sudan and Morocco.
What are the benefits ?
- Many economic opportunities will open now, and these trust-building steps are an important step toward advancing states’ interests.
- It will helps to tackle various terror threat in the middle east in the long run.
- This will helps to reduce the conflict in region through a peaceful manner.
- After reestablishing ties both nations will also partner on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Under the deal, Israel would suspend its plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank.
Regional Map for Reference
Source : The Hindu
Topic : Prelims, GS II :- International Relations; Bilateral agreements