Israel may have ditched for good plans to unilaterally extend its sovereignty over territories, claimed by the Palestinians for the state of their own, for the sake of a historic peace deal with the United Arab Emirates, Israeli lawmaker Andrey Kozhinov told Sputnik

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has condemned the UAE-Israeli agreement on normalizing relations, characterizing it as a strategic mistake

France welcomes the Israeli-UAE agreement on normalizing relations and views Israel's decision on suspending the annexation of the Palestinian territories as a "positive step," French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said

The United States has for the first time seized shipments of Iranian fuel, the Wall Street Journal reported citing US officials

US President Donald Trump said during a press conference that the Palestinian leadership will be interested in becoming a part of the new peace deal if other countries conclude agreements with Israel

The Trump administration brokered a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that puts on hold explosive plans to annex Palestinian lands and could lead to rapprochement with other Gulf monarchies, starting with Bahrain and Oman

Israel may have ditched for good plans to unilaterally extend its sovereignty over territories, claimed by the Palestinians for the state of their own, for the sake of a historic peace deal with the United Arab Emirates, Israeli lawmaker Andrey Kozhinov told Sputnik

The United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s decision to sign a peace treaty with Israel is likely to isolate it in the Arab world, former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia Chas Freeman told Sputnik

US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins told reporters in a conference call that Russia is taking a risk with its recently registered a vaccine for the novel coronavirus

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is hopeful that the US-brokered peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel will provide an opportunity for Israeli and Palestinian leaders to re-engage in negotiations, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement