Israeli sources in Tel Aviv suggested that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would pay an official visit to the UAE on Thursday, after he canceled his planned visit last Thursday, due to what he said were difficulties in coordinating the passage of his trip through Jordan's airspace.
The Yediot Aharonot newspaper said that contacts made by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office with the Amiri Diwan in Abu Dhabi resulted in arranging the visit, 5 days before the date of the Israeli general elections scheduled for next Tuesday.
Israeli sources had reported the arrival of a luxury amiri plane to Israel during the past 24 hours.
On Tuesday, Netanyahu announced - within the framework of an election interview - that 4 new Arab countries will join peace agreements with Israel very soon, but he did not disclose the names of these countries.
During the interview, Netanyahu said - referring to agreements to normalize relations with the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco - "I brought peace in exchange for peace," referring to his rejection of the principle of land for peace, a principle advocated by the Arab Peace Initiative, which was adopted by the Arab countries in 2002.
And last Thursday, Netanyahu spoke - through his Twitter account in Arabic - about difficulties with Jordan that faced coordination of his visit to the Emirates, and said, "These difficulties apparently stemmed from the cancellation of the Jordanian Crown Prince's visit to the Holy Mosque as a result of a dispute over the security measures that are being taken." In this holy place. "
A senior Israeli official also revealed that Netanyahu's visit was canceled due to Jordan's refusal to allow his plane to cross its airspace, in response to the Israeli authorities' obstruction of the visit of Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah to Al-Aqsa Mosque.