Gaza (QNN)- Palestinian group Hamas on Sunday slammed the United Arab Emirates for importing products from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said in a statement that this move "is tantamount to encouraging Zionist settlement building on the occupied Palestinian lands." The spokesman added that the UAE-Israel trade deal "gives a push to the displacement policy practiced by the Zionist right wing." The first commercial shipment of goods from Israeli settlements products to the UAE began on Sunday, Israeli channel 7 reported. However, there was no immediate comment from Emirati authorities on the report. The UAE and 'Israel' normalized their relations in September in a move that was followed by Bahrain, Sudan and recently Morocco. Palestinians condemned the normalization agreements, saying they encouraged Israel's denial of their rights and do not serve the Palestinian cause.