Israeli intelligence chief visits UAE

 

According to UAE state media, Yossi Cohen, head of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, has visited the UAE to discuss security issues.

Foreign news agency AFP quoted WEM as saying that UC Cohen met with Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's national security adviser in Abu Dhabi, to "increase cooperation in the areas of security." And discussed regional developments.

It should be noted that this is the first high-level visit of an Israeli official to Abu Dhabi after the 'peace agreement' between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.

Israel has agreed to postpone the annexation of parts of the West Bank as a result of the resumption of diplomatic relations between the UAE and Israel, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it clear that the plan still exists. ۔

Bahrain and Oman, two members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), have welcomed the agreement between the UAE and Israel, while Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar have not yet responded.

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Saudi Arabia, a key country in the Muslim world, will have to face sensitive political issues before it can formally recognize the Jewish state.

On the other hand, after the agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to restore relations, the United States urged Saudi Arabia, the most important country in the Muslim world, to restore relations with Israel.

Jared Kishner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump and a White House adviser, said it would be in Saudi Arabia's interest to normalize relations with Israel, as the UAE has done.

US President Donald Trump had said that the leaders of Israel and the UAE would sign the agreement in the White House in the coming weeks.

Speaking to reporters later, Donald Trump suggested that more diplomatic successes were expected between Israel and Muslim countries in the region.

An Arab News report quoted Saudi news agency WAM as saying that Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kishner, had said that "opening Al-Aqsa Mosque for all Muslims would reduce tensions between the Muslim world and Israel." '

"The Israelis are very happy because they will now get cheap tickets to travel via Dubai and I know that many Muslims are also very happy that they can go to Tel Aviv via Dubai and visit Al-Aqsa Mosque," he said. Will

"Israel says King Abdullah II of Jordan will continue to serve as guardian of the mosque."