Netanyahu: no secret clauses in UAE normalization deal but annexation to be resumed
Occupied Palestine (QNN)- The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today said the normalization deal with the United Arab Emirates was made "from a position of strength", adding that there are no secret clauses and the annexation plan will be resumed.
"There are no secret clauses or addenda," he told the Knesset before the expected vote to ratify the deal. "We are today tightening our relations with the gulf state as we continue to fight the coronavirus."
He added that the deal includes massive economic clauses and does not include any clauses about stopping the annexation or ceding lands.
Netanyahu also said that not all countries supported the deal; it was rejected by the PLO, Hamas, Hizbollah, and Iran, claiming that other Arab and Islamic countries are close to having normalization deals with the occupation state.
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