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This content was published on October 24, 2020 – July 21:28,
(AFP)
On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considered that the normalization agreements with the Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan put an end to the geographical isolation suffered by the Jewish state, shorten the duration of flights and reduce their costs.
“We are changing the map of the Middle East,” the Israeli prime minister said in a televised statement in Hebrew, using charts showing the route of flights.
Netanyahu said flights through Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates would save passengers heading to India and other Asian destinations “hours and, of course, a lot of money.”
Sudan became the third Arab country to announce the normalization of relations with Israel since August, after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Netanyahu had met with Sudanese General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Uganda earlier this year.
Netanyahu confirmed that other countries would normalize relations with Israel.
Saudi Arabia has no official relations with the Hebrew state, but now allows flights from it to cross the kingdom’s airspace.
The Israeli prime minister said that rapprochement with Sudan would be beneficial for Israelis who want to cross the Atlantic.
“We can fly west over Sudan according to the agreements we made before the announcement of normalization, (and) over Chad, with which we have established relations with Brazil and Latin America,” he added.
“Israel was completely isolated … Israel today is in contact with the whole world,” Netanyahu added.
