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Shalom, Abu Dhabi
(Times of Israel) David Horovitz - Four years ago, I spent a few days at a conference in one of the Gulf states not yet at peace with Israel and was struck, every time I introduced myself as being from Israel, by the warmth with which this information was received. The UAE-Israel deal has not yet even formally been consummated, but we have already entered the honeymoon period, thanks, in great part, to interviewees in the UAE itself. The UAE is our first peace partner with whom we do not have a bloody history. Our ties are not being established over shared memories of war and loss. In short, the forging of our alliance is more normal. On the international stage, this agreement is wonderful news for Israel. It's now not only the U.S. and Israel that are warning the Palestinians that their intransigence is self-defeating, but also a goodly chunk of the Arab world as well. The UAE is being either applauded or defended by much of the Arab world against the bitter cries of the Palestinian Authority and the dark threats from Tehran and Ankara. The writer is the founding editor of The Times of Israel.