Israel has sought permission from Saudi Arabia to use its airspace for flights to Dubai and Tel Aviv

Israel and Saudi Arabia: New best friends in the Middle East? | Middle  East| News and analysis of events in the Arab world | DW | 28.11.2017

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Saudi Arabia to allow the use of airspace for flights between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is also working to launch direct flights that will pass through Saudi airspace.   "We are confident that Saudi Arabia will allow us to use its airspace for direct flights from Tel Aviv to Dubai. I am confident that our agreement with Riyadh will be reached," he said. Will change the industry and the Israeli economy because the "parties" will have the opportunity for tourism and tremendous investment. In an exclusive interview with Emirati news channel Sky News Arabia, he mentioned the reasons why the agreement was possible and said that it would also benefit the Israeli economy. In recent days, a special agreement has been reached between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, under which Israel has immediately stopped the process of annexing part of the occupied West Bank to Israel. In his interview with Sky News Arabia, the Israeli Minister Prime Minister Netanyahu has expressed the view that other Arab countries will also move towards this agreement. Netanyahu said the Trump administration had told him that the greatest need of the hour was to promote peace and that work in West Jordan should be stopped. He said it was a US request to suspend Israeli law for some time. Enforcement should be stopped and we agreed. The Americans have told us that they want to spread the atmosphere of peace and at the moment our highest priority is to move peace forward. Netanyahu spoke in English throughout the interview, but his speech was dubbed in Arabic. Jared Kushner, an adviser to the US president and his son-in-law, told reporters that "Israel has agreed with us that it will not move forward without our consent. For some time, we will not support Israel in this regard," he said. At the moment, our focus is on implementing the new peace agreement.  Netanyahu praised the UAE and expressed confidence that other Arab countries would take steps in this direction and sign an agreement with Israel. Netanyahu said the agreement would be of great benefit to both countries and Israel. It also plans to import from UAE free zone areas. Free Zones in the UAE are areas where foreign companies can operate with simple rules and where foreign investors are allowed to take full ownership of companies. The agreement is important for peace in the Middle East. Netanyahu has expressed the possibility that the agreement will eventually pave the way for peace with the Palestinian people. Netanyahu called the UAE a democracy, while according to Freedom House, the UAE is one of the least independent countries in the world in terms of democracy. Netanyahu said the agreement would bring together the United Arab Emirates and Israel. Both countries are democratic and highly developed. "Israel has no formal relations with Saudi Arabia and Israeli planes are allowed to fly in Saudi airspace," he said. Not allowed, however, there are reports of cooperation between the two countries on some issues, especially security. Netanyahu said the UAE wanted to invest heavily in Israel's technology sector, adding that cheap goods manufactured in the UAE's free zone would also be available to Israeli consumers, adding that the Israeli economy would benefit from it. It will benefit every citizen.

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