UAE-Israel Treaty Doesn’t Wind Things Up Right Away - Bloomberg:
The treaty Israel and the United Arab Emirates will sign this week won’t fully normalize ties, but will be the start of a yearlong process that could protect the Gulf nation’s interests as it lobbies to buy the U.S.’s top warplane, according to people briefed on the pact.
The plan is for both sides to gradually increase cooperation over the course of a year, starting with economic cooperation, continuing with deepened security and intelligence ties, then culminating in the exchange of ambassadors, the two people familiar said on condition of anonymity to discuss confidential conversations.
While phased agreements run the risk of never ripening into subsequent stages, the Emiratis apparently concluded that’s “less risky than waking up one morning and finding out that their major move -- historic move -- turns into a fiasco,” said Nimrod Novik, a veteran Israeli peace negotiator and a fellow at the Israel Policy Forum think tank.
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