At their meeting on Monday, the United Arab Emirates has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to endorse President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace initiative and to give up any plan for West Bank annexation, a delegate said.

The UAE , the most prominent Arab country to normalise ties with Israel under the Abraham Accords, warned Netanyahu that annexation would shut the door to further Israeli normalisation with leading Arab and Muslim nations, including Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, the delegate added.

The Israeli leader faces pressure to annex the West Bank from far-right politicians who want to extend sovereignty over the area and snuff out hopes for a Palestinian state.

A senior Israeli official has said that Netanyahu will give Israel’s response to Trump’s Gaza peace proposal wh

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