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Emirati Official: We Accept Israel as Part of the Region
(Jewish News-UK) Justin Cohen - Senior Emirati official Dr. Ali Al Nuaimi, who helped pave the way for the Abraham Accords, told Jewish News the impact of the normalization agreement with Israel had "exceeded" all expectations within a year. He suggested his generation of Arabs had been "hijacked by a narrative that created hate between us" and his government was taken aback by the level of support on the Israeli street for warmer relations. The process has confirmed that people in the region have changed, Al Nuaimi said. "The Arab people are fed up with wars and terrorism, they want peace....The Israelis have changed, the Palestinians have changed and the Arabs have changed. Some leaders didn't yet change but they will." "Now when Israelis visit the UAE they see with their own eyes that we are Arab, we are Muslim, but we believe they are part of the region. The message that went to them in the last 70 years was that they are not accepted. That whenever there is an opportunity to destroy Israel it will be taken. They see from our people, not only our leadership, it's different."