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Historic First Flight From Israel to UAE Lands in Abu Dhabi, Kushner Addresses Media
The first commercial flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) landed Monday in Abu Dhabi, carrying an Israeli-American delegation to advance the landmark peace agreement between the two Middle Eastern states.
Leading the historic occasion, special White House advisor Jared Kushner addressed reporters at the airport promptly after landing, as Arab media televised the event under the title “Message of Peace.”
The word “peace” was also written in Arabic, English and Hebrew on the cockpit of the El Al Flight LY971 that landed at the VIP terminal in the Emirates capital, where US flags flew alongside the Star of David banner.
Speaking of peace, Kushner said: “While this is a historic flight, we hope that it will start an even more historic journey in the Middle East and beyond. The peoples wanted it. The rhetoric of peace resisters is tiring. The Middle East is filled with talented people and the future belongs to them.”
He blessed UAE ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for making the breakthrough, and thanked Saudi King Salman for allowing the Israeli aircraft to fly over his territory. “We asked the pilot to fly faster, because the [two] peoples have an urgency to get to know one another,” Kushner jested.
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law also addressed the Palestinians, saying that “peace will be ready for them as soon as they’re ready to embrace it.”
The agreement to normalize ties was announced by Trump on August 13, making the UAE the first Gulf country and only the third Arab nation to establish relations with Israel.
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