GAZA/ABU DHABI — A difference between English and Arabic versions of a trilateral statement after an historic flight from Israel to the UAE has been seized upon by Palestinians to suggest the Gulf state has overstated Israeli readiness to drop West Bank annexation plans. The English version of a joint communiqué by the United Arab Emirates, Israel and the United States in Abu Dhabi on Monday said the accord had "led to the suspension of Israel's plans to extend its sovereignty". But the Arabic version, carried by the UAE state news agency WAM, said "the agreement ... has led to Israel's plans to annex Palestinian lands being stopped". The discrepancy was highlighted by Palestinians after President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner flew with U.S. and Israeli delegations on the first Israeli commercial flight to the UAE to cement the normalisation accord, the first by a Gulf state.

Source: International New York Times September 02, 2020 15:22 UTC