The region’ benefits from UAE deal with Israel

The Middle East will benefit from the bilateral deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, the Emirati minister of economy said this week.“Both nations will bring different mindsets to the table, different advantages, and I think the whole region will benefit from this agreement,” Abdulla bin Touq

In August, the UAE became the third Arab country to open diplomatic ties with Israel in a U.S.-brokered deal. Bahrain followed, normalizing relations last week. Egypt and Jordan established normal ties with Israel in 1979 and 1994, respectively.
Iran, Turkey and the Palestinians have condemned the UAE and Bahrain for establishing relations with Israel. 

Bin Touq said his country and Israel will learn from each other now that an “overarching agreement” is in place. “All the other agreements are going to come in place, from aviation, from logistics and from technology.”
“They’re learning from us about logistics and hubs, and learning from us about tourism and connectivity,” he said. “We’re going to learn from them a lot on ... the energy and water and space as well. 

This new regional geopolitics is likely to be even less stable than even the dangerous one to which we have become accustomed, with a larger number of actors and a more uncertain future,” Wechsler wrote in a note online. He is the director of the Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council.