which the uae israel and the united states. as the main threat the conflict riven middle east that's your first from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. this is the greatest advancements toward peace between israel and the arab world. in the last twenty six years and it marks the third formal peace between israel and an arab nation together with tools transform the region unfortunately been better future for people. this is a future of peace the future of security. and the future of prosperity. i've always believed that we could establish peace with the arab world. and i've been working towards a lofty goal for decades. no sooner the words pronounce the question mark rose over the issue of palestinian territory there is macklin in jerurusalem has been following the story. it's interesting because it is a treatment regimen. . and for israel and the united arab emirateses and he was very specific case that diplomatic ties will be normalized unit will be invevested iss here and there will be direct flights from dubai to te

uae growing closer to israel given the recent dynamics with iran. the question is what happens postelection come this november. what are the odds of seeing a deal between the u.s. and iran? in no way do we think it's going to happen overnight. importance ofhe the region, the need for stability. broaden the discussion. talking about the fact we are seeing gasoline coming back. we can all appreciate that. i was speaking to the leader of jetblue. his outlook does not look good right now. the other out -- airlines are saying the same thing. to remain alikely difficult place for quite some time. the key point is this market is in a global deficit right now. if we use demand numbers ,elative to precrisis demand you have more than half of it back. most of that return and demand is gasoline. i am in europe right now. the returning gasoline demand ofht now and asia because public transportation has been significant. the key to getting jet fuel demand will be a vaccine. that is not one of the most optimistic cases first quarter of 2021. looking at our normali

reporter: there have been discussions between the uae and israel for years. it seems these are preparing the ground for this announcement. from the twitter account of the uae leader, a simple statement, during a call with president trump and prime minister netanyahu, an agreement was reached to stop further annexation of palestinian territories. that uae and israel also agreed to setting a roadmap towards establishing a bilateral relationship. the idea is that both leaders will visit the white house in coming weeks to sign a deal with donald trump in centerstage. he believes this will help in the run-up to the presidential november. but really an american election decided by events abroad, particularly during a public health and financial crisis. al jazeera, at the white house. anchor: in the white house briefing in the last half hour, president trump said he believes palestinians will sick piece when more countries make dust will seek peace -- will seek peace when more countries to agreement with israel. >> i think they very much want to be a part of what we

and israel but now we come to iran quickly, which is the relationship between the uae and israel was... quietly relationship between the uae and israelwas... quietly going relationship between the uae and israel was... quietly going on. they are part of the anti—iranian alliance. in entente cordiality is being built quietly between certain arab states because they fear iranian influence in libya and in lebanon. we will come back to that in a second. while we are dealing with these three players in the negotiation, we talked about the politics and the economics of it but what about the economics of it but what about the economics of it but what about the economics of it, what are the players stand to gain? there is almost an even could or economic angle of leslie's deals to get done. some would say. looking at the economic interest the uae wants to bea economic interest the uae wants to be a major player economically in the region and what this does is it gives its access to the israeli technology base, the universities of israel, 15% of students at israeli universities are arab, th

theres a status quo established between the uae and israel. be honest, between israel and otherhe states inast few years. it has been covert much of the time but recently it has come to the open as the coronavirus has been one of those examples where both countries have talked about working together to deal with coronavirus. the uae sent a plane that sent a direct plane to israel to help with the palestinians. it iiss a surin that itas suddenly sprung apparently out of nowhere. though we have been hearing from the white house, from the americans, from jared kushner who is th man put in charge of middle east matters, that these negotiions towards those have been going on for a year and a half. i think from the uae's perspective, they saw an opportunity to make this something where they can come out of it well in terms perhaps of domestic opinion and even arab opinion. when the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, in the last election promised that he would launch the process towards annexation of up to 30% of the occupied west bank. that

and now, you have brought about this historic peace agreement between the uae and israel. this is the first time in 25 years that israel and the arab country have normalized relations, and they are the two most capable countries in the middle east, very capable, very skilled allies of the united states, so it is great for israel and the uae but also great for the american people. you came in office with a region that was really a flame, and you brought peace to the region, and there is more to come, so it is an honor to be part of your team, mr. president, with your leadership. president trump: we do have a lot more to come with the middle east, and you will see that taking place, but we have the uae getting along with israel, that is a very big step. could you say a few words? you did a fantastic job. >> it has been great to be a part of this team that jared has led. it was the worst nightmare of iran, and no one has done more to intensify the conflict than irna, [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, [captioning performed by the national captioning i

released a joint statement along with the united states and israel, announcing that the uae would become the first person golf state to normalize relations with and recognize the state of israel. this deal is historic for many reasons, not least because of the incredible amount of opportunities for business, scientific in human exchange and cooperation between the uae and israel. but it will also be felt across the middle east, in my view this initiative is to be applauded and celebrated, it is probably the most strategic development in the middle east in recent memories. and has the potential, prosperity and security for the whole region. it is truly historic and there are few people better position to talk about these issues then doctor who is served as minister of state for foreign affairs for the uae since 2018. while the uae is a small geographic, it plays an outside role on the regional and national stage, truly above its wage, this is in no small measure due to the skill and vision of our guest today. we will talk to doctor about the uas hopes and expectations for this new chapter

how will uae minutes is relationship between israel and iran? >> again, hopefully, -- you know, again, iran is a neighbor and it is important for us to see two things in parallel. that we do have serious issues with iran but also on the other hand, we want to resolve these issues through negotiations and de-escalation and win-win situation. to do that, that is our main strategic approach. is it going to happen tomorrow? it is not going to happen, but i think it is in the interest, in to say that this deal is not targeted towards iran. it is not because of iran. iran perhaps contributed to that climate and made the deal with israel more and more because of its policies. i think this is the first part. our long-term objective is to actually have a much better relationship with iran but in that case, of course iran has to also acknowledge that many of the regional policies has -- policies of the past 15 or 20 years has really created this direction not only with the uae, but with also other countries in the gulf and beyond. i would say this is very

thisou brought about historic peace between the uae and israel, the first time in 25 years that israel and the arab countries have normalized o-matic nations. two of the most capable countries in the middle east. .t is great for israel and uae he came into office a region that was aflame and he brought peace to the region. it is an honor to be part of your team. pres. trump: we do have a lot .ore in the middle east you will be seeing that taking place. that is a big step. please say a few words. you have been doing a fantastic job. administration made history today. it has been an honor to be part of the team that jared has led. no one has done more to intensify the conflict between the arabs and israelis than iraq. see the future is very much engulfed with israel. we are facing a crisis of credibility with its own people. campaignum pressure has achieved historic results. pres. trump: would you like to say something? >> yes, sir. it is an honor and privilege for your leadership. and those leaders vision on what we can do in the future is just incredible. pres. trump: thank you very mu

now you have brought about this historic peace deal between the uae and israel. this is the first time in 25 years israel and the arab country have had a normalized to poetic relations and entered into a peace deal. they are the two most capable countries in the middle east and they are innovative allies. it's great for israel, it's great for the uae and it's great for the american people. you came into office with a region that was a flame and brought peace to that region. it's an honor to be part of your team and to serve under your leadership. pres. trump: we do have a lot more to come in the middle east. a lot of positive things are happening and you will be seeing that taking place. when we can get a leader like uae to get along with israel, that is a very big step. would you please say a few words? the trump administration made history today. it has been an honor to be part of this team. peace between the arabs and israelis is iran's worst nightmare and no one has done more to intensify the conflict between arabs and israelis than iran. what we see is a new

he is standing right at the white house with the landmark deal with israel and the uae. kevin: we are joined by jared kushner, lismore my the architects behind the q ae -- you ae -- he is one of the architects behind the uae-israel deal. jared: ofwas an honor to be a part such a breakthrough. it is the first agreement we have seen in the past 26 years. the last one was between israel and jordan in 1994. president trump's leadership outlined the vision for what he wants in the region between 2017 and today. the hard work of the last three and a half years brought this. i think this will change the paradigm. everyone knew what the problems were but nobody was able to find a solution. in andnt trump came reestablished alliances with israel and uae and egypt and serious, taking a very no-nonsense approach. president trump was able to make a breakthrough that nobody has been able to make for. kevin: the phones have been ringing off the hook. have you spoke since this was announced in do you think other arab states could follow suit? jared: dido the great things we -- one of t

we have been talking with the uae and israel moving forward. because of the israeli elections and other things happening in the region, this is something that was talked about, but it never got in the right place to happen. deals happen when deals are ready and peace deals are rare and historic. there are a lot of reasons why people would be held back from moving forward. we saw when the president rolled out his vision for peace which we work hard on for a couple of years to try to understand the issues in the region between the israelis, palestinians, he put together pages of detail on how we can address the issues of the past and figure out how to move forward. during that acknowledgment, president trump was able to get israel to agree to have a two state solution with the palestinians and to agree to a map that outlined the territory that they would be willing to work with in order to see that happen. thatshowed a lot of people israel was serious about moving forward in making peace and showed them the president trump's leadership and diplom

the deal between israel and the united arab emirates will make the uae only the third arab state to have full diplomatic ties with israel. in return, israel has agreed to suspend annexation of parts of the occupied west bank. mina, this is one to start you off with. is this a case of the uae recognising the reality that was already there? in some ways, yes. there are realities on the ground but also a very important moment after the fear of annexation only a few weeks ago. annexation is part of a larger problem. ...which is the larger occupation of palestine but the realities on the ground and in 2020 are different from 1967 and the palestinians have slowly been losing land and the israelis have been trying to create the realities on the ground and have been made for all intents and purposes a point wanting to annex a new palestinian territories in july. the uae put out both a private and also a very public stance calling on israelis not to do so. the uae ambassador to the us penned an op—ed in hebrew. first time you had a gulf official speak directly to the israeli people and said to

the uae is first arab gulf state to agree to formal diplomatic ties with israel. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports from jerusalem. the face of a man who's made an historic deal. israel's leader talking to the crown prince of abu dhabi and president trump. already, there were signs of warming ties with arab gulf states who share fears over iran. the delegation singing in the sabbath. now such scenes could become normal. we announced the establishment of a full and formal peace between israel and the uae. it includes the mutual opening of embassies, direct flights and many other bilateral agreements. this is the greatest advancements towards peace between israel and the arab rule in the last 26 years. but the palestinians feel betrayed. past peace plans promise diplomatic relations with powerful arab states, only when their conflict with israel had been solved. recently, they have been fighting israeli plans to annex in parts of the west bank which they want for a future state. tonight, they want for a future state. tonight, the uae justified wha

he brought about this peace deal between the uae and israel. this is the first time in 25 years that israel and an arab country have normalize their relations and the two most capable countries in the middle east, very capable, very skilled and innovative allies of the u.s.. it is great for the americans. and broughto office peace to that region. it's an honor to be part of your team and serve under your leadership. we have a lot more to come in the -- pres. trump: we have a lot more to come in the middle east and you will see that taking lace. when we can get uae to get along with israel that is a very big step. will you please say a few words. administration made history today. it's been an honor to be a part of this team that jerry led. between the arabs and the israelis it is iran possible or smite nightmare and no one has done more to intensify the conflict then you. then i ran. -- then i ran. we see the future is very much in the gulf with israel. in the past it was with the iranian regime. they claimed power at the basis of brute force a

as relations flourish with the uae, israel hopes that more arab states will soon follow its lead. the former president of india — pranab mukherjee — has died after testing positive for covid—19 earlier this month. the veteran politician was admitted to hospital three weeks ago where he developed a lung infection. he had been in a deep coma and on ventilator support. mr mukherjee was the 13th president of india between 2012 and 2017. the headlines on bbc news: travel company tui launches an investigation into claims that some passengers were ignoring coronavirus guidance on a flight from a greek island linked to sixteen covid—19 cases. labour calls for next summer's gcse and a level exams in to be put back — to make up for teaching time lost during the lockdown. the government's month—long "eat out to help out" scheme ends today — but some restaurant owners want it to be extended. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, olly foster. good afternoon. england cricketers play pakistan in the final t20 tomorrow but they've just named their squads for the

an agreement between uae and israel that they will normalize diplomatic relations, sign investment deals and establish embassies. israel said it will suspend its planspeto to annex territory on the disputed west bank. officials say the relationship building began early in the trump administration and continued as the president senior advisor jared kushner traveled repeatedly to the region. >> peoples are afraid to go first. they are waiting to see how this plays out. it has been received positively. >> benjamin netanyahu stressed the plans were only temporarily halted. they said the agreementan was treason and arab governments have been quietly recorded with years with israel with countering iran and security. the special envoy tells fox news aggressive foreign policy backfired to irann o and now unites israel and the uae. celebrates a foreign-policy achievement there are persistent domestic concerns. cdc director redfield issued a warning with covid-19 combines with the annual flu seasonnn. >> asking you to wear mass, social distance, wash her hands, the smart about crowds. if you do th

it reflects how much influence the us has with its two closest allies which is the uae and israel. it is very supportive of more agreements like this between israel and arab states. it has said there will be others and they will work towards that. jerry questioner, the presidents adviser said some countries were sorry they hadn't been able to be 1st. we will see if that happens. that will depend to some extent on how the agreement works out. it's interesting because already there have been different emphases. mr netanyahu said basically, he agreed to president trumps request to wait, to president trumps request to wait, to temporarily wait with the annexation. what he calls extending sovereign trade. where as the marauding foreign minister says no, we understand this to be a stoppage not an extension. and we don't expect this to change their mind. we will see how this plays out. european foreign ministers will discuss possible sanctions on belarus on friday — after protests over sunday's disputed election entered a fifth night. this was the scene on the streets of minsk earlier â

why is this the time that the uae and israel are coming to this agreement? and the president was talking about the negotiations that have gone on, he said he didn't want to shed a light on some other details, it is not really clear what that was that the president was talking about, but we will wait to see, when do these two countries come to the white house for this signing ceremony? they said over the next several weeks, but it wasn't really specific, but, you know, that could be an opportunity to learn more about this, given, of course that it is so significant, based on how the president is portraying it. >> in fact, having the signing ceremony at the white house. kaitlan, thank you very much. >>> coming up for us, just days after some schools reopen, thousands of students and staff across the country are now quarantined because of the coronavirus. how are districts dealing with these outbreaks and what needs to be done to fix this at this point? ♪ come on in, we're open. ♪ all we do is hand you the bag. simple. done. we adapt and we change. you know

just 90 minutes ago, the president announced the united arab emirates, uae and israel, will establish diplomatic ties. uae is only the third nation to recognize israel's existence. >> it will be known as the abraham accord, and i'd like to ask our ambassador, david freedman, to please explain why we're doing and calling it the abraham accord. >> abraham, as many of you know, was the father of all three great faiths. >> i wanted it to be called the donald j. trump accord but didn't think the press would understand it. >> we'll have more details on what this accord means ahead in a few moments. >>> we're going to begin with the struggle against the pandemic and a sign of hope for the economy as new weekly jobless claims fell below 1 million for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic in march. however, the unemployment numbers have piled up. we are now up to 15.5 million continuing claims. and judging by the seven-day passenger of virus fatalities, we're seeing some of the deadliest days since the spring as we barrel towards fall, which, of course, means also the election. an

the uae becomes the third arab nation to normalize relations with israel, we will talk all about that live with senior presidential advisor jared kushner about that deal and much more in just a moment. first, correspondent kevin corke starts us off from the white house briefing room. >> earlier, the president quipped that dealing with countries in the middle east looking to make peace deals was easier than dealing with democrats on capitol hill -- that may be tongue-in-cheek, certainly it was tongue-in-cheek but it still makes a very important point and that is making history is never something to look past. >> not since the israel-jordan peace treaty was signed more than 25 years ago has so much progress been made toward peace in the middle east. >> in announcing new diplomatic ties between the uae and israel, president trump today said the accord it should serve as a blueprint for other nations in the region. >> a lot of progress is being made that nobody thought could possibly be made. things are happening that i can't talk about, but they are extremely positive. >> the three count

as relations flourish with the uae, israel hopes that more arab states will soon follow its lead. bbc news, tel aviv. police searching for missing diplomat richard morris say they have found a body in alice holt forest in hampshire. richard morris was last seen running in alton on the 6th may. formal identification has not yet taken place, but the 52—year—old's family have been notified. hampshire constabulary said the death was not being treated as suspicious. mr morris was the uk ambassador to nepal for four years until last year, and before his disappearance he was announced a position to fiji. the former president of india, pranab mukherjee, has died aged 84 after testing positive for covid—19 earlier this month. he was admitted to hospital three weeks ago where he developed a lung infection. he had been in a deep coma and on ventilator support. mr mukherjee was the 13th president of india between 2012 and 2017. almost 900 thousand migrants arrived in greece back in 2015. today, those numbers are much lower. but the flow of people coming from turkey into greece, continui

they said that "the uae—israel agreement is shameful."and finally, the un has responded writing: "un chief guterres welcomes ‘any initiative that can promote peace and security in the middle east region.‘ white has officials say as part of the agreement occupied west bank that it had considered an exit. diana is a lawyer and formal adviser to the organisation we asked her about this. look, ithink it's important to keep in mind that there have been two processes of annexation. they form a one and the informal process the informal process has gone over 53 years and that has included the confiscation of palestinian land. building is really only infrastructure on that land. creation of an apartheid system and denial of freedom to palestinians. the formal annexation was the part that was supposed to happen in july. was the part that was supposed to happen injuly. and that's the only pa rt happen injuly. and that's the only part that's going to be stopped. bbc world service middle east sebastian, is it unexpected 7 world service middle east

the relationship has become a very good one between uae and israel. and also with other countries. many other countries. i think you will be seeing some very exciting things, including ultimately with the palestinians. i think that will be happening at some point because it makes a lot of sense for them to let it happen. >> president trump: we are talking to israel about that now. you know your stuff, don't you? we're not going to talk to you about that. we'll work something out and talk after it's completed. it will be a very satisfactory? >> why now did they come to an agreement? >> president trump: we've been working on this for a long time. it has been a labor of love for a lot of the people in this room and a lot of them love israel and a lot of them love the middle east and they love the countries that we're talking about like uae as an example standing right here. it has been a labor of love. they know it has to happen and i don't want to be speaking too much about it but if you look what has happened since i broke up that ridiculous iran nuclear deal, money has been going t

broke -- brokered a deal that normalized relations between the uae. -- israel and the uae. >> a maiden voyage of historic proportions. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called in to congratulate the delegation on boboard. >> thihis is an historic day. yoyour flying to make historic peace with the uae. i am excited because i work for this for decades. this comes after the united arab emirates as the first country and only the third arab nation. the flight is part of an impact brokered by the u.s.. >> i do believe this is ushering in a new hopefulness. peace is possible, there is a new chapter. >> and -- in another historic breakthrough, they had permission to cross saudi arabia airspace. this is the first public sign of saudi cooperation with israel after years of behind-the-scenes dealings. relations with arab countries had previously only -- a clear touchdown for israel. and for the trump administration in the middle east. and that, with just months to go before the u.s. elections. >> this was brokered to by the united states. let's take a look at washington's role. how big a

president d trump announcesl between israel and the uae, billed as a breakthrough that will advance peace in the middle east. [chanting] jane: protests bilt in belarus after the disputed election. some arrested by police are now free, but with the stories of to and campaigning on the virtual trail, joe biden and his running mate take on the president's handling of the pandemic >> for the first time -- jane:t has been 75 yndrs since thef the log japan, we hear -- the war with japan, we hear from one veteran the pot from behind enemy lines. ♪ jane: for allf y watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to "bbc world news america." rael and the uae have struck a deal to normalize relationships, a rare deal in the region wheres peace negotiatad stalled. israel says it will suspend annexation plans in the west bank. president trump said he expectea mob countries to follow suit. but the agreement has sparked a backlash from palestinians who feel abandoned by an ally. here is the president making the annocement. >> after 49 years, israel and the uae one normalize their diplomatic relations.

israel and the uae have struck a deal to normalize relationships, a rare deal in the region wheres peace negotiatad stalled. israel says it will suspend annexation plans in the west bank. president trump said he expectea mob countries to follow suit. but the agreement has sparked a backlash from palestinians who feel abandoned by an ally. here is the president making the announcement. >> after 49 years, israel and the uae one normalize their diplomatic relations. xcthey willnge embassies and ambassadors, and beganac cooperatioss the board and on a broad range of areas, including tourism, education, health care, trade, and a security. jane: only two arab nations, egypt and jordan, have previouslyigned peace deals with israel. following the announcement, benjamin netanyahu had this to say from jerusalem. re>> this is theest advancement toward peace between last 26 years, and it marks thee third formal peace between israel and an arab nation. jane: this understandably had a lot every action. palestinian thorities rejected the deal and called fhe a meeting ofrab league. a senior palestinian

and the uae. -- and historic peace deal between israel and the uae. we will go live to washington and jerusalem for reaction. tonight, standing up to a dictator. crowds take to the streets of belarus's capital, minsk in defiance. thousandss more in prison following a violent crackdown. plus, we traveled to a sleepy german result town -- resort town caught in the crosshairs of u.s. senators, a baltic sea port at the center of the transatlantic dispute over energy, security and russia. berlin's iconic club scene shut down for months thanks to the pandemic has come up with new ways to beat the coronavirus and keep the club beats alive. i am brent goff, to our viewers on pbs and the united states and around the world, welcome. tonight, and historic -- an historic peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates. israel will drop its controversial plan to an export parts of the west bank. the uae says the deal is a win for diplomacy in the middle east. the agreement was brokered by the united states with a formal signing ceremony to be held later at

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the uae says they feel comfortable making this deal because israel will not be doing annexation. prime minister netanyahu has made it clear, he made it clear this morning in remarks this morning about this that israel did not have to pledge to do anything, and did not have to pledge not to perhaps annex parts of the west bank. let me ask you this, does the united states believe israel is entitled to annex the west bank? >> well, what we've said all along is the con turs of the west bank have to be decided by negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians and president trump and his vision for middle east peace put out a map and that map was the starting point for negotiations and we decided to have peace between the israelis and palestinians is for them to come to the table. there are some facts on the ground and settlements there that are durable and longstanding and there may have to be some land swaps and that's something that's been considered all of the way back to oslo, but i think in the meantime we are confident and it will not extend sovereignty and that's what p

. >> jared kushner plays down hopes that the uae israel peace accord could lead to an overnight change in saudi foreign policy more on that exclusive interview when we come back. >>> jared kushner in an exclusive interview with cnbc, kushner that was a key player in the talks between the two countries says he does not expect a near term change in saudi foreign policy. >> we just had the first disagreement in 26 years and you're saying we want something on board. >> are you saying they're not significant in terms of moving it forward because they're the biggest economy as you know in the region. >> but are you saying that what happened yesterday wasn't a monumental break through in the middle east. >> my point would be a gcc agreement versus just a uau agreement. yes an absolute diplomatic victory however not having all of these countries on board does make one wonder if this is going to be something that's feasible over the long-term. >> right so first of all i think yesterday was a historic step. this was the first agreement in the middle east for peace. the last one was 1994 between

the uae is first arab gulf state to agree to formal diplomatic ties with israel. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports from jerusalem. the face of a man who's made an historic deal. israel's leader talking to the crown prince of abu dhabi and president trump. already, there were signs of warming ties with arab gulf states who share fears over iran. and israeli minister in the uae. the delegation singing in the jewish sabbath. now such scenes could become normal. we announced the establishment of a full and formal peace between israel and the uae. it includes the mutual opening of embassies, direct flights and many other bilateral agreements. this is the greatest advancements towards peace between israel and the arab rule in the last 26 years. but the palestinians feel betrayed. past peace plans promise diplomatic relations with powerful arab states, only when their conflict with israel had been solved. recently, they have been fighting israeli plans to annex in parts of the west bank which they want for a future state. tonight, they want for a futu

the president made history last week with an agreement between the uae and israel. and this is the first president to do it since 1994. a lot of people during that period have tried and failed, but the president pulled it off. and, lou, i think you should take a step back and consider what things were like three and a half year ago when he came into office. you had isis, a terrorist army the size of ohio, in the middle east. you had peace between the arabs and the israelis completely stalled. and you had an iranian regime that was made rich by the iran nuclear deal, and they were a marching across the region. the president defeated eye us, he countered iran -- eye us. he left -- isis. he left the iran nuclear deal, and now he has a peace agreement. and we are very hopeful that this is the beginning of more good news from the region x there has not been a lot of good news from the middle east for a long time. but the agreement just a few days ago was a really important moment in history. lou: a terrific moment. and there is also the obvious challenge to iran built in

a good deal we made was the deal we made between the uae and israel. countries want to come into that the deal, countries you would not even believe want to come into that deal, and all of a sudden you are going to have peace in the middle east, and you couldn't have done it this ridiculous iran nuclear deal, as they call it, that president obama made, along with sleepy joe biden. i imposed to the toughest ever sanctions on iran. and this has caused great difficulty for them, giving money to terrorist organizations. and if they do, they will have hell to pay. earlier this year, i ordered the strike that took out the world's number one terrorist, qassem soleimani, in addition to previously terminating leader and founder of isis, abu bakr al-baghdadi, the two leading terrorists by far in the world. the founder of isis. nobody even talks about that. and we also defeated, we now have 100% of the isis caliphate in syria. when i took over, it was a mess, it was a total mess. they were all over the place. my administration will not allow this iran nuclear sit

the uae, the third arab country to dve recogni israel. but he is very commit exed to the palestinian people. and the vision for middle east peace he laid out, with a two state solution has massive economic benefits for thele inians. i am hopeful the palestinians leaders will start to recognize that this is a israel and also with president trump who would like to broker a great deal between the palestinians and the israelis, and hopefully we can makree pr. in the many time i think will you see other arab countries follow in the uae footsteps and that will be great for the middle east, great for the region. >> you machinessed other countries twice now. thmean how far along arse negotiations with these other countries ed in this, bye other september?ou sign this in >> i don't know if they will be here for the signing, that is certainly going to be a big event between the emirateis and israelis. but president trump has been reaching out to ls in the region. his diplomats have been reaching out to folks in the region. secretary pompeo,enior ad

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the uae and the israel are the u.s.'s closest allies in the middle east. it sort of a friend of my friend but probably should be my friend kind of deal that's going to benefit all three countries. it is not going to benefit chyron. they are very upset about this. they feel even further boxed in. uae has been opposed and has been squabbling for many years. there is worries about its security being so close to iran. if this helps the uae in getting a relationship with a close u.s. ally. the most important part of this is not what it does for these three countries, but that it suspended the annexation of parts of west bank, which really posed to create significant people and violence in the middle east and would've set back the peace plan between the past aliens and israel. that is what is really historic about this. if you want to very quickly, i see you shaking your head about the iran peace. >> absolutely. the nuclear threat has been the key ingredient that is fundamentally recalculated every arab leaders view in the region to ask, who is my friend, who is

i think the normalization between israel and the uae is a momentous occasion. one that has been 10 years in the works. a natural progression between israel and the gulf on defense and intelligence cooperation. now, energy issues. now, clearly becoming a more formalized process. i do think that other countries will join. i'm a bit suspect that saudi arabia will join as quickly as president trump may have suggested. where -- good morning. thanks for being with us. you were an integral part for a long time. what i want to understand, we run off with the narrative that this is about a coalescing of a trifecta of power. , israel. -- u.s., ua a new sense of power against iran. is that the correct way to look at this field? amos: no. i don't believe so. i believe that israel and the uae and other countries in the gulf have shared interests. clearly, vis-a-vis iran. that was one of the basis for that relationship. i do believe that this has been a slow-moving process for 15 , increasing trusted relationship between the two countries. i still remember when the uae wante

you mentioned the doctor and bringing to mind the recent uae israel agreement which is an important step forward in also a reminder that long-standing entities can be set aside or at a minimum can be de-escalated to one of the things i talk about in the piece is not just renewing a hand reviving effective diplomacy with effect to iran and its nuclear program so we permanently prevent iraq from getting a nuclear weapon but also working with regional partners across-the-board to reduce tensions, to de-escalate complex, to defuse in scythian crises in and that it would be pushing both our friend and adversaries in the region toward the table to start talking about ways especially in iran to dial down the tension and the pressures. that is highly ambitious but i think if united states puts his shoulder to the wheel from a diplomatic perspective that only can we deal with iran's nuclear program but we can deal with the great underlying sources causing tension in the region. >> we are starting to get some terrific questions coming in and we will turn to them in the second. in the zoom q&a func

israel dominates the high-tech industry, and the uae hopes to geget access s to the state-of-the-art technology of the countrtry. on its shopping list, drones, cybersecurity machinery, and defense highly coveted system while weapon manufacturers and israel look forward to opening up the market to the uae, the israeli p prime minister does not want ththe country to lose its edge in the region. benjamin netanyahu vetoed the at 35request to buy stealth fighters, a move that disappointed the uae. president trump has had following the country's peace efforts in the middle east, the f 35 sale is under review. if youou needed further proof of the dominance of f the u.s. tech sectctor, a new report from -- [inaudible] the report says that tech stocks alone in the u.s. have become more valuable than the entire european stock market. the market cap of the u.s. tech sector has reached $9.1 trillion, which surpasses europe, including the u.k. and switzerland, $8.9 trillion. the five top tech companies, apple, microsoft, alphabet, amazon, and facebook accounted for a full 17.5% of the s&p 500 ear

uae, israel peace deal that was announced earlier this month. kushner was joined by robert o'brien. they will travel tomorrow on the first ever official public flight from tel aviv to abu dhabi. they will be joined by a delegation of business and tech leaders on a plane that's been painted with the word peace in english and arabic. both kushner and netanyahu appear optimistic that other countries such as owe ma oman ad bahrain may normalize ties in the future with the jewish state. netanyahu is facing an ongoing corruption trial. this deal has given him an opportunity to shift the international focus to the prospects of peace. >> i've expressed my willingness to negotiate peace on the basis of the trump plan and as more arab and muslim countries join the circle of peace, the palestinians will eventually understand that they will be hard-pressed to remain outside the community of peace. >> reporter: well, there are currently plans with the israelis and palestinians to continue this period of tension that we're seeing right now, negotiators are tr