This morning, the Israeli delegation, which arrived in Abu Dhabi yesterday on a preliminary visit, left the White House within weeks to sign the final normalization agreement, while a senior Israeli official announced that at least a Gulf state and an African country will announce the normalization of relations with it soon.
Ofer Gendelman, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said in a tweet on his Twitter account, "We are concluding our historic first visit of its kind to Abu Dhabi, in order to inaugurate cooperation and launch relations between the two countries."
He added, "We have set a framework to move forward in relations, and a memorandum of understanding has been signed in the field of banking and money, and now we are looking forward to signing more notes in the fields of tourism, trade and aviation."
The plane took off from the UAE capital and returned to Israel at about 11 am GMT, with the Israeli delegation headed by the National Security Adviser Meir Ben Shabat on board.
The plane, which came from Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv yesterday, crossed the Saudi border towards Abu Dhabi with the approval of the Kingdom's authorities, and is the first public commercial flight between the two countries seeking to quickly reap the fruits of economic normalization.
In addition to the Israeli delegation, the plane carried an American delegation headed by the US President’s advisor and son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
It was not clear whether the American official returned with the Israeli delegation, or if he would visit another destination in the region.
And US media said that Kushner and US officials visited the US base Al Dhafra as part of their trip to the UAE.
She added that the visit came before the departure of the El Al flight, which carried the American-Israeli delegation from Abu Dhabi.
The American mission in the Emirates stated that Kushner toured the Sheikh Zayed Mosque and the Louvre Museum, and saw a miniature copy of the design of the "Abrahamic Family House" project, which will bring together the Islamic, Christian and Jewish religions, according to the mission.
On August 13, Israel and the UAE announced an agreement mediated by the United States to normalize relations between them, after years of rapprochement between the two countries, in a move that the Palestinians considered a "betrayal" of their cause.
In the context, Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said that the UAE was not the only Arab country that Netanyahu had visited in secret in recent years, pointing to his visits to other Arab countries that do not have diplomatic relations with Israel.
Cohen added that at least one Gulf state and another African country would soon announce the normalization of relations with Israel.
Yesterday, Netanyahu announced that "the Israeli delegation's preparatory visit is of the utmost importance, and I have asked our delegation to work as soon as possible to make way for access to Washington soon, with a view to signing a formal peace treaty."
Before the visit ended, Ronen Peretz, Deputy Director-General of the Israeli Cabinet, and Abdullah Hamid Saeed, Governor of the UAE Bank, signed a preliminary protocol in the field of financial and banking cooperation.
Netanyahu said that this agreement will contribute to supporting joint investments and cooperation in several fields, including tourism, trade and air travel.
Israel Radio said that during the visit of the Israeli delegation, it was agreed to establish a joint Israeli-Emirati committee with the aim of pushing forward joint cooperation in the financial and banking field, investments in financial markets, and forming working groups for this purpose.