THERE IN THE OVAL OFFICE FLANKED
BY HIS TREASURY SECRETARY AND
SENIOR ADVISER AND SON-IN-LAW
JARED KUSHNER.
IT WOULD SEEM AS IF A DIPLOMATIC
BREAK
BREAKTHROUGH HAS HAPPENED.
ISRAEL AND THE UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES HAVE NORMALIZED TIES.
LET’S BRING IN MSNBC ANCHOR
AYMAN MOHYELDIN, VERY FAMILIAR
WITH THAT PART OF THE WORLD.
AYMAN, YOU’LL CORRECT ME IF I’M
WRONG HERE.
THIS MAKES THE U.
>>>E THE THIRD ARAB COUNTRY TO
RECOGNIZE ISRAEL’S EXISTENCE,
THE OTHER TWO BEING EGYPT AND
JORDAN WHO SHARE A BORDER WITH
ISRAEL.
HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT?
>> THERE’S SO MANY DIFFERENT
THINGS TO TALK ABOUT FROM WHAT
WE JUST HEARD FROM THAT PRESS
CONFERENCE.
YES, THIS MAKES THE UAE THE
THIRD OFFICIAL COUNTRY TO
RECOGNIZE ISRAEL.
OF COURSE THERE HAVE BEEN
UNOFFICIAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN
ISRAEL AND OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES.
THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, WAS
IN THE SULTAN OF AMMAN EARLIER.
IT’S NOT A SURPRISE TO SAY THAT
ISRAEL HAS HAD UNOFFICIAL
RELATIONSHIPS WITH ARAB
COUNTRIES.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT DAY FROM A
SYMBOLIC POINT OF VIEW.
THEY’VE MAINTAINED RELATIONSHIPS
OVER A HOST OF ISSUES.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING
VERY IMPORTANT THAT WAS NOT
MENTIONED IN THAT PREGS
CONFERENCE THAT IS IN THE
OFFICIAL RELEASE THAT CAME OUT
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, AND THAT
IS IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, ISRAEL
AGREEING TO SUSPEND ANNEXATION
OR DECLARING SOVEREIGNTY OVER
PARTS OF THE WEST BANK.
I SAY THAT’S IMPORTANT BECAUSE
ON THE SURFACE OF THIS, IT LOOKS
LIKE THESE TWO SIDES JUST AGREED
TO RECOGNIZE ONE ANOTHER, TO
HAVE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS,
ECONOMIC, TRADE.
YES, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT THERE IS A POINT HERE THAT
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IS
EMPHASIZING.
AND THAT IS ISRAEL HAS AGREED
TO, AS PART OF THIS AGREEMENT,
TO SUSPEND DECLARING SOVEREIGNTY
OVER PARTS OF THE WEST BANK.
THAT’S OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS THE
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER HAS VOWED
TO DECLARE FULL SOVEREIGNTY OVER
PARTS OF THE WEST BANK THAT
WOULD DERAIL IF NOT COMPLETELY
PUT AN END TO A TWO-STATE
SOLUTION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ALREADY
SAYING THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION IS
ALREADY DEAD.
I’M PUTTING IT IN CONTEXT OF
WHAT WE’RE SEEING TODAY AND WHY
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES MIGHT
HAVE AGREED TO THIS DEAL.
ANOTHER.WHAT CAME OUT FROM BRIAN
HOOK, THIS REALLY IS MORE ABOUT
IRAN THAN IT IS ABOUT ANY OTHER
PART OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE WORD PALESTINE, PALESTINIANS
WAS NOT MENTIONED IN THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT COMING OUT OF THE
WHITE HOUSE.
IRAN WAS MENTIONED.
THAT’S IMPORTANT FOR OUR VIEWERS
TO REALIZE AS WELL.
THEY VIEW IRAN AS A THREAT.
THAT’S THE GEOSTRATEGIC THREAT.
IT’S SOMETHING THEY’VE BENEFITED
FROM UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
I WOULD SAY IT COMES AS NO
SURPRISE REALLY THAT THIS IS
BEING OFFICIALIZED.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
THE KIND OF REACTION WE GET FROM
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OTHER
ALLIES, INCLUDING SAUDI ARABIA.
SAUDI ARABIA ALREADY OFFERED
ISRAEL A FULL NORMAL ZIGS WITH
THE NORMAL WORLD IF ISRAEL
AGREED TO A TWO-STATE SOLUTION,
ENDING THE OCCUPATION IN THE
WEST BANK, GAZA, EAST JERUSALEM.
IT SEEMS THAT THIS PART OF THE
DEAL, THIS PART OF SUSPENDING
ANNEXATION IS WHAT ISRAEL WILL
GIVE UP IN EXCHANGE OF HAVING
THIS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
THE DETAIL IS ALWAYS THE HARD
PART, TO SEE WHAT IS ACTUALLY
