Al Jazeera: Arab League: Ministers agree not to condemn UAE-Israel deal
After three-hour talks, some Arab countries attempted to add provisions to give legitimacy to the normalisation deal.
Palestinian leaders won renewed Saudi support for Palestinian statehood on Wednesday but failed to persuade the Arab League to condemn last month's normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
At a video conference of foreign ministers, the Palestinian leadership softened its censure of the UAE over the US-brokered August 13 accord - to be formalised at a signing ceremony at the White House next week - in the hope of getting more Arab support, but to no avail.
"Discussions regarding this point were serious. It was comprehensive and took some time. But it did not lead in the end to agreement about the draft resolution that was proposed by the Palestinian side," Arab League Assistant Secretary-General Hossam Zaki told reporters.
According to a Palestinian diplomatic source, the Arab League dropped the draft resolution condemning the controversial Israeli-UAE agreement.
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WNU Editor: The Palestinians are in shock .... Palestinians Reeling from Arab League Rebuff (Hamodia). They should not be. A number of Arab states have been signalling for years that they want to move on, and the UAE is the first to make that major step. This is also a story that the Western media is downplaying. They should not. This agreement is the template for other Arab countries to join in.
