Israeli, American and Emirati officials gathered at the White House today to celebrate the UAE normalizing ties with Israel. But this agreement between authoritarian regimes does nothing to address Israel's ongoing policy of land theft and oppression in Palestine:
These deals bring out into the open what already went on behind closed doors. For years Israel has sold Gulf Arab states invasive surveillance technology to spy on political dissenters. haaretz.com/middle-east-ne…
This is a deal that cements a dangerous political alliance among authoritarian states and increases the chances for a disastrous escalation with Iran.
The UAE claims this agreement stops Israel’s plan to annex the West Bank. That’s a lie. Israel has already de facto annexed the West Bank by building illegal settlements and controlling what and who gets in and out of the occupied area.
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