– A betrayal of the Palestinians – VG

“The agreement is a betrayal of the Palestinians,” Osama Hasan, who is demonstrating in the West Bank city of Hebron, told Al Jazeera.

On Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed what is called a landmark agreement to normalize relations with Israel, an agreement that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says could end conflicts between the Arab countries and Israel.

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The United States has played a key role in negotiating the agreement, and President Donald Trump hosted the ceremony outside the White House. Both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of the two countries, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the Emirates and Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani of Bahrain, were present, writes NTB.

According to Trump, the agreement symbolizes “the beginning of a new Middle East.”

– We are here this afternoon to change the course of history, he said, among other things.

It is the first time in 26 years that an Arab country decides to make peace with Israel. Before the agreement with the Emirates and Bahrain, only two Arab countries had normalized relations with Israel: Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994.

A prerequisite for normalization is that Israel abandon the plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, but this is far from enough, Palestinian protesters Al Jazeera said.

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Mohammed Mohanna, who is protesting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, says the protesters want the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to withdraw from the deal.

– We want them to support the Palestinians as they always have, and we hope that no other Arab country will come to terms with Israel.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is furious over the deal, saying that only Israel’s withdrawal from the occupied territories can bring peace to the Middle East.

Footage from the protests shows crumpled posters trampled and set on fire by Donald Trump, Israel’s Netanyahu, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed.

According to the Associated Press, neither Trump nor Netanyaju mentioned the Palestinians during the ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, but the foreign ministers of the UAE and Bahrain addressed the importance of forming a separate Palestinian state.

“This is a historic event, a moment of hope and opportunity,” Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani said, vowing that the country would support the Palestinians.

At the same time the agreement was signed in Washington, there were reports that two rockets had been fired from Gaza at Israel, NTB writes. The alarm went off in Ashkelon and Ashdod, which are near the border with the Gaza Strip. The Israeli media reports that one person is moderate and another slightly injured by the splinters from the rockets.

Early Wednesday morning, Israel reports a new rocket attack from the Gaza Strip.

Residents of Israel reported the sound of explosions in the early hours of the morning, and at the same time, Israel sent fighter jets and helicopters through the Gaza Strip to eliminate Hamas targets and specific facilities used for military training. and arms production, the IDF said.

According to the Reuters news agency, Israeli planes struck several targets on Wednesday morning. So far no injuries or deaths have been reported from these attacks.