Palestinian Enterprise Chief Hopes UAE, Bahrain Will Press Israel to Halt Settlements | Globe Information

RAWABI, West Financial institution (Reuters) – A prime Palestinian enterprise government reported on Monday that new Gulf Arab ties with Israel, condemned by Palestinian leaders, could also be an chance to implement clean pressure to halt Jewish settlement in occupied land.

Bashar Masri, a Palestinian-American who runs two of the Palestinians’ premier holding corporations, claimed the Palestinians need to locate a way to turn agreements Israel struck very last month with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain into “a good matter for us”.

Less than the U.S.-brokered diplomatic thrust, Israel agreed to suspend programs to annex elements of the occupied West Lender.

Palestinian leaders have identified as Arab agreements to normalise relations with Israel a blow to their quest for an independent state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, territory Israel captured in a 1967 war.

Masri, 59, explained the Palestinian concept to the UAE and Bahrain ought to now be: “Hey, why do not you strain Israel, who you might be conversing to, to end the settlements?”.

“I hope they can switch these agreements to stress Israel into concessions for the Palestinians,” he said.

But Masri, chairman of Massar Global, informed Reuters he was unsure that halting settlement growth in the West Bank would be a precedence for Gulf Arab states that agreed to official ties with Israel in component in excess of shared worry in excess of Iran.

Most nations around the world check out the settlements that Israel has built on occupied land as unlawful. Israel disputes this.

Israel has hailed ties with the UAE and Bahrain as a important organization prospect, and Masri claimed Palestinian enterprises would not be inherently opposed to accepting investment from the two Gulf nations.

Massar Intercontinental oversees and manages much more than 30 subsidiaries and investments in finance, tech, agriculture, media and authentic estate, including Rawabi, the first prepared Palestinian city in the West Lender.

Masri mentioned that now that feelings about the bargains have calmed down – “we burned the flags” – Palestinians have “no selection but to be optimistic”.

“Our enemies want us to give up hope. If we give up hope, they have accurately what they want, and there will be no Palestine, and no Palestinian people today,” he claimed.

(Reporting by Rami Ayyub Modifying by Jeffrey Heller and Peter Graff)

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