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  • A group of officials from the United Arab Emirates were given a warm welcome in Tel Aviv on Tuesday as they became the first Gulf Arab delegation to visit Israel.

  • Israeli and US officials have described the meeting as historic, but the Palestinians branded it shameful.

  • The meeting was to cement the recent normalization deals between Israel and the Gulf states of the USA and Bahrain forged largely over shared fears of Iran.

  • The United States has been key in brokering the deals that see the first Arab states in a quarter of a century to establish formal ties with Israel despite ongoing differences in the region, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

  • We are making history in a way that will stand for generations.

  • This is the first ever official visit from the United Arab Emirates to Israel.

  • This is the first time since the signing of the historic agreement in the White House that the government of Israel and the U.

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  • Will be signing concrete practical agreements of cooperation.

  • Four agreements in total was signed with pledges covering the protection of investments, cooperation in science, aviation on visa exemptions.

  • His you a minister, Abide who made way are committed to support legal framework for the movement of people and goods and for fostering a continuous, business friendly environment between the A and the state of Israel.

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  • Washington and its allies said that deals would help the peace process, but it's prompted anger from the Palestinians.

  • In Gaza, a spokesman for the Islamist group Hamas said the visit will only encourage the occupation and gradual annexation off the disputed West Bank.

A group of officials from the United Arab Emirates were given a warm welcome in Tel Aviv on Tuesday as they became the first Gulf Arab delegation to visit Israel.

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