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First-ever flight: Israeli plane heads to UAE over Saudi Arabia


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SOURCE: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/flight-israeli-plane-heads-uae-saudi-arabia-200831070159156.html
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Summary

The El Al aircraft will carry US and Israeli officials to the United Arab Emirates to cement the 'normalisation' deal.High-level delegations flew from Israel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the first-ever commercial flight between the Middle Eastern nations to put final touches on a controversial pact establishing open relations.Top aides to US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were on board the direct flight from Tel Aviv to the UAE capital Abu Dhabi on Israel's flag carrier El Al on Monday.Flight LY971 flew over Saudi Arabia after Riyadh agreed to the Israeli request on Sunday - also a first.The plane carrying the US and Israeli delegations to Abu Dhabi has the word "peace" written on it in English, Hebrew, and Arabic.It is also named after Kiryat Gat, a Jewish settlement built on the remains of two ethnically cleansed Palestinian villages, Iraq al-Manshiyya and al-Faluja.Announced on August 13, the "normalisation" deal is the first such accommodation between an Arab country and Israel in more than 20 years and was catalysed largely by shared fears of Iran.Palestinians were dismayed by the UAE's move, worried it would weaken a long-standing pan-Arab position that called for Israeli withdrawal from occupied territory and acceptance of Palestinian statehood in return for normal relations with Arab countries.Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner and National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien head the US delegation.

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