The official flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates has landed which comes as a major step in normalizing the relations.
After the announcement of the peace deal, Israel has taken a major step by sending the EI Al airliner carrying a delegation of Israeli and US officials.
The airliner made a three-hour trip and was allowed to cross through Saudi Arabian air space which is normally closed to Israeli air traffic.
The UAE has become only the third Arab country in the middle east to recognize Israel since its founding in 1948.
On Saturday, UAE had revoked a law boycotting Israel which had been in place since 1972 and earlier this month, the two countries opened their direct telephone services after a long time.
The move to normalize the relations brokered by the US was made public in a sudden announcement on August 13.
Flight LY 971 that represents the UAE’s international dialing code carried delegates including Donal Trump’s son-in-law and Israel’s national security advisor Meir Ben Shabbat.
Mr. Kushner has led the secret talks which resulted in the agreement between Israel and the UAE including Dubai.
The deal between the countries is a historic breakthrough and UAE mentioned it to be a tremendous honor to have joined the flight.
The three great leaders came together and wrote a new script erasing the past.
The joint teams will meet Emirati representatives to develop the areas of cooperation between Israel and UAE.
The return flight will be numbered LY 972 which is Israel’s international dialing code.
Monday’s three-hour flight has taken more than 70 years to make it and it marks the new turning point in the relations between Israel and UAE.
Palestine’s now believe the deal has broke years of Arab’s solidarity and leverage against Israel’s population of the land they want for a future state.
Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the advent of the flight as an example of peace for peace alluding to his long held disbelief in the notion that only trade-occupied land will bring peace between Isreal and UAE.
While the decision was welcomed by much of the international community, the UAE’s recognition of Israel without the precondition of creating a new state for Palestinians has disturbed the people of Palestine.
In return for the official peace settlement between the countries, Israel’s PM agreed to suspend controversial plans to annex part of the occupied West Bank- land claimed by the Palestinians for a future state of their own.
Mr. Kushner on Monday said that they have put an offer to their leadership on the table and will enable the Palestinians to have a state of their own and an economic plan to revive the economic condition.
Palestinian officials have condemned the deal and said that and said that it would undermine their struggle for an independent state.
A US peace proposal unveiled in January holds out the prospect of a Palestinian state as well as an investment plan for them, though the Palestinians have rejected the proposal as it is heavily biased towards Israel.
By Gayatri Yellayi
