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Neri Zilber, Bilal Y. Saab, Rawan Shaif, Jack Watling, Joshua Mitnick

Normalization Deal Between Israel and the UAE Signals a Shift in the Region

Senior advisor Jared Kushner, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, and others listen as U.S. President Donald Trump announces an agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to normalize diplomatic ties, at the White House on Aug. 13. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

TEL AVIV, Israel—Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to begin normalizing relations in a deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump and hailed as a breakthrough between the two countries.

It is only the third such agreement between Israel and a regional Arab state, and the first by a Gulf kingdom. In return, Israel agreed to “suspend” plans to annex its West Bank settlements as had been initially slated for this summer—though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was still committed to annexation in the future.

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