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The Executive Council of Aus­trali­an Jewry, the national rep­res­ent­at­ive body of the Aus­trali­an Jewish community warmly welcomes the announce­ment that Israel will sign a dip­lo­mat­ic agreement with the United Arab Emirates thereby ending the official state of conflict between the countries and achieving the full nor­m­al­isa­tion of relations. The UAE will become the third Arab country after Egypt (1979) and Jordan (1994) to achieve peace with Israel.

This announce­ment is a landmark moment not only in the history of the region but in the ful­fil­ment of Israel’s founding vision of living in “peace and good neigh­bour­li­ness … with neigh­bour­ing states and their peoples” as enshrined in Israel’s Declar­a­tion of Inde­pend­ence. It also deals a major blow to the old strategy of anti-nor­m­al­isa­tion and permanent war with Israel which has only entrenched enmity and caused misery and bloodshed.

We hope other nations in the region now follow in recog­nising that Israel is a permanent reality and in pursuing peace and good relations with the national home of the Jewish people.

We warmly con­grat­u­late the gov­ern­ments of both nations and hope this announce­ment leads to the prompt estab­lish­ment of bilateral relations in business, tourism, and cultural and academic exchanges to ensure that the state of peace and mutual under­stand­ing extends to the Israeli and Emirati peoples.

Contact
Alex Ryvchin | co-CEO
ph: 02 8353 8505 | m: 0478 297 245
e: [email protected] | www.ecaj.org.au