Israel’s informal ties with a number of moderate Arab states have warmed since US President Donald Trump came into office in January 2017, as the US has pushed for normalized relations between Israel and the Arab world. To date Israel has formal peace treaties only with Egypt and Jordan.
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Moderate Arab states have publicly insisted that they will only make peace with Israel once a deal has been reached, (with the Palestinians).
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But a number of them have allowed ties with Israel to improve, with Foreign Minister Israel Katz and Sports and Culture Minister Miri Regev visiting Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.During his speech on Sunday night, Netanyahu said that simultaneously to achieving peace deals with Arab countries, he would annex West Bank settlements with US support.
Netanyahu pledged to achieve an historic military pact with the US that would preserve the IDF’s freedom of action in defense of the country. With regard to Syria, Netanyahu said that Israel was working on a daily basis to prevent Iran from entrenching itself militarily in that country.