US Urges Arab Countries to Make ‘Historic Move’ and Improve Relations with Israel

[beijingwalker]

US Urges Arab Countries to Make ‘Historic Move’ and Improve Relations with Israel
12-04-2019
Emily Jones

JERUSALEM, Israel – The United States is pushing several Arab countries to reach non-belligerence agreements with the State of Israel, Axios reported Tuesday.

Barak Ravid of Israel’s Channel 13 News said Israeli, Arab, and US sources told him “President Trump’s deputy national security adviser, Victoria Coates, met last week with the ambassadors of the UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Morocco in Washington. All four countries have secret contacts and cooperation with Israel but no diplomatic relations.”

Ravid reports that Coates met with the nations to encourage them to improve their relations with the Jewish State. Non-belligerence agreements are a step in between the secret relations these Arab states have with Israel now and full diplomatic relations.

The report said the talks are in a preliminary stage, but the Arab ambassadors said they would discuss the matter with their leaders and return with an answer soon.

The initiative is all apart of the Trump Administration’s goal to facilitate the normalization of ties between Israel and the Gulf states.

The move also expands on an effort by Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, who raised the idea of signing a non-belligerence pact with Omani leaders in September during the United Nations General Assembly.

“Recently I have been promoting, with the backing of the prime minister, a diplomatic initiative to sign ‘non-aggression agreements’ with the Arab Gulf states,” Katz wrote on Twitter in October.

“It’s a historic move that will end the [formal] conflict [with those states] and enable civilian cooperation until the signing of peace agreements,” he said, in what appeared to be a tacit acknowledgement that no Arab country is currently willing to establish full diplomatic relations with the Jewish state as long as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains unresolved.

The actual implementation of such non-belligerence agreements is unknown because Israel does not have a formal government and may be forced into a third election in less than 12 months.

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/201...nspirational-dog-tags-after-atheist-complaint

 

[GHALIB]

US Urges Arab Countries to Make ‘Historic Move’ and Improve Relations with Israel
12-04-2019
Emily Jones

JERUSALEM, Israel – The United States is pushing several Arab countries to reach non-belligerence agreements with the State of Israel, Axios reported Tuesday.

Barak Ravid of Israel’s Channel 13 News said Israeli, Arab, and US sources told him “President Trump’s deputy national security adviser, Victoria Coates, met last week with the ambassadors of the UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Morocco in Washington. All four countries have secret contacts and cooperation with Israel but no diplomatic relations.”

Ravid reports that Coates met with the nations to encourage them to improve their relations with the Jewish State. Non-belligerence agreements are a step in between the secret relations these Arab states have with Israel now and full diplomatic relations.

The report said the talks are in a preliminary stage, but the Arab ambassadors said they would discuss the matter with their leaders and return with an answer soon.

The initiative is all apart of the Trump Administration’s goal to facilitate the normalization of ties between Israel and the Gulf states.

The move also expands on an effort by Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, who raised the idea of signing a non-belligerence pact with Omani leaders in September during the United Nations General Assembly.

“Recently I have been promoting, with the backing of the prime minister, a diplomatic initiative to sign ‘non-aggression agreements’ with the Arab Gulf states,” Katz wrote on Twitter in October.

“It’s a historic move that will end the [formal] conflict [with those states] and enable civilian cooperation until the signing of peace agreements,” he said, in what appeared to be a tacit acknowledgement that no Arab country is currently willing to establish full diplomatic relations with the Jewish state as long as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains unresolved.

The actual implementation of such non-belligerence agreements is unknown because Israel does not have a formal government and may be forced into a third election in less than 12 months.

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/201...nspirational-dog-tags-after-atheist-complaint

very good advice . they should .

 

[Manidabest]

why dont they take back their european fellows and return their land and everything will b peaceful

 

[khansaheeb]

why dont they take back their european fellows and return their land and everything will b peaceful

better still send them to India.

 

[beijingwalker]

US and Israel is going to sign a mutual defense treaty, too much conflicts won't be good for this treaty.

 

[Baby Leone]

Urges:
verb
3rd person present: urges

1. try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.
   "he urged her to come and stay with us"
   • noun

plural noun: urges

1. a strong desire or impulse.
   "he felt the urge to giggle"

 

[beijingwalker]

U.S. pushing Arab states on non-belligerence pacts with Israel
Dec 4, 2019

Netanyahu, Trump and Pence at the White House. Photo: Michael Reynolds - Pool/Getty Images

The White House approached several Arab states to encourage them to reach non-belligerence agreements with Israel, according to Israeli, Arab and U.S. sources.

Why it matters: One of the Trump administration’s main goals in the Middle East has been to promote the normalization of ties between Israel and the Gulf states. Non-belligerence agreements are an interim step between the secret relations Israel has with those countries now and full diplomatic relations.

The Israeli, Arab and U.S. sources tell me President Trump’s deputy national security adviser, Victoria Coates, met last week with the ambassadors of the UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Morocco in Washington. All four countries have secret contacts and cooperation with Israel but no diplomatic relations.

• Coates raised the initiative for non-belligerence agreements, told them the Trump administration supports such a move and asked what their positions were.
• The Arab ambassadors said they would report back to their capitals and return soon with an answer.

That White House request builds off of an initiative led by Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Israeli officials say.

• Katz raised the idea in a September meeting at the UN with Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi and Emirati Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash.

The latest: On Monday and Tuesday of this week, a U.S. interagency team led by Coates met at the White House with an Israeli delegation led by the Israeli Foreign Ministry. The discussions focused on the initiative for non-belligerence agreements.

• Although the White House is helping to push the initiative, the talks are in a preliminary stage.
• The fact that Israel has an interim government and might be headed for yet another election — and also the desire from the Arab states for progress on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process to precede closer relations — will make implementation very difficult.

A senior Trump administration official said the U.S. "would certainly welcome expanding relationships between our critical allies and partners in the Middle East," but would not comment on "private diplomatic conversations" and had nothing to announce at this time.

https://www.axios.com/us-israel-ara...nts-6e3e674e-cbe8-4cd2-bacd-0a9dd6bec027.html