A top official for the UAE said that his country sought peace with Israel due to the growing threat posed by Iran, the Associated Press reported Friday.
The United Arab Emirates submitted a formal request to buy high-tech F-35 fighter jets from the United States after its normalization of relations with Israel, Bloomberg Politics reported Friday. 
Foreign aid from Arab countries to the Palestinians plummeted 85 percent so far this year amid the coronavirus pandemic and peace agreements between Arab nations and Israel. 
When Avi Berkowitz was elevated to a top negotiating position on President Donald Trump's Middle East peace team, the appointment of the 29-year-old was met with near-universal derision by so-called experts and the mainstream press. 
By Gwladys Fouche
American and Israeli diplomats boarded the first-ever direct flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates Monday morning weeks after the historic Washington-brokered peace deal between the two countries, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Kuwaiti television anchor Fajer Alsaeed said this week that the Palestinian rejection of the agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel is a "historic mistake." 
Democratic Senate hopefuls are remaining silent about the Trump administration’s Thursday announcement that it had brokered a historic peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, highlighting the party’s refusal to give the president credit for striking a deal that previous administrations could not achieve.
