Fury and shock in the Palestinian Authority after the announcement of the peace agreement between Israel and the Emirates • Egyptian President al-Sisi actually greeted: "This is a historic agreement"

• Abu Mazen and heir to the United Arab Emirates

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Storm in the Arab world following the announcement of the peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates : Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is expected to convene an emergency meeting with his advisers and senior PA officials to formulate a response to the historic alliance between the two countries. The PA and the United Arab Emirates are at a low ebb, due to the normalization that has developed between Israel and the princesses.

According to a senior official in Abu Mazen's office, the Palestinians fear that the United Arab Emirates is the first swallow among the Persian Gulf principalities, led by Saudi Arabia, to sign peace agreements with Israel.

A senior Ramallah official told Israel Today: "The United Arab Emirates betrayed us and stabbed us in the back. The Arab peace initiative in the trash. "

A senior PLO official said: "It is impossible to say that we were surprised, it was clear to us that in the end we would pay the running price for the normalization of some of the Gulf principalities. We do not need favors from the UAE. "

The Gaza Strip was also furious at the agreement being formed. Senior figures in the Palestinian factions armed in Gaza have called the Emirates' heir, Sheikh Muhammad bin Zaid, insulting, such as "donkey", "traitor", "dog son of a bitch", "Zionist collaborator and US agent" and more . 

Hamas expressed dissatisfaction with the declaration. A statement issued by a Hamas spokesman said: "This is an agreement which in fact awards a prize to the Zionist occupation for the crimes and suffering against the Palestinian people."

Egypt welcomes the agreement - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said: "Egypt welcomes the historic agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates."

The leadership of the Israeli Arabs also expressed dissatisfaction with the agreement and condemned the move.

Chairman of the Balad list in the joint list; MK Amtans Shehadeh: "Normalization in exchange for 'rejection' in the annexation? Truth: Netanyahu and Israel did not really intend to annex. "And whoever thinks that the Palestinians will disappear is wrong. The end of the occupation is not conditional on any reward and must be carried out. This is a betrayal by the United Arab Emirates, and no less than a knife in the back of the Palestinian people and the Arab peoples."

MK Ofer Kasif: "The agreement is not a historic agreement but a hysterical agreement between two leaders who are at an unprecedented low.

No move or 'peace agreement' with a third party state will stop the oppression, plunder and bloodshed of the occupation. Neither the United States nor the United Arab Emirates can relinquish for the Palestinians their national right to a sovereign state. There is no substitute for a peace agreement based on a complete withdrawal of Israel from all the territories it occupied in June 1967 and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel. "If it does happen, it will only serve the occupation and the capitalists who will make a profit from trade between the countries."

Earlier, the regent, Sheikh Ben-Zaid, confirmed that "the United Arab Emirates has agreed to normalize relations with Israel in exchange for halting the annexation plan." It was also stated: "Joint teams from Israel and the United Arab Emirates will meet in the near future to close the details of the agreement and sign it." According to reports in the Arab news agencies, the peace agreement between the two countries will be called: "The Bnei Avraham Agreement."