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How's this for a slap in the face by the ever demanding palestinians.
Basic gist. UAE sends aid in part to help against Corona. Aid lands in Israel, so palestinians reject it because the plane landed in Israel.
Palestinians decline 14 tonnes of medical supplies, claim they refuse to constitute a bridge for Arab countries seeking to have normalized ties with Israel
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/S1EnkZNjU
Is there an Arab country they haven't slapped in the face yet?
Basic gist. UAE sends aid in part to help against Corona. Aid lands in Israel, so palestinians reject it because the plane landed in Israel.
Palestinians decline 14 tonnes of medical supplies, claim they refuse to constitute a bridge for Arab countries seeking to have normalized ties with Israel
The PA rejected the shipment, which included 14 tonnes of medical aid for coping with coronavirus, just as it arrived on Tuesday, according to the report as cited by the Andalou Agency.
“The UAE authorities did not coordinate with the State of Palestine before sending the aid,” government sources told Maan. “Palestinians refuse to be a bridge [for Arab countries] seeking to have normalized ties with Israel.”
An Israeli official said the flight, which belongs to the UAE's flag-carrier Etihad Airways, would be delivering humanitarian aid provided by the UAE to the Palestinians through the World Food Program, and that the cargo flight was coordinated with the Israeli government. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject.
This marked the first known direct commercial flight between the UAE and Israel, which have no official diplomatic relations.
However, it is an initial open moment of cooperation between the countries after years of rumored back-channel discussions between them over the mutual enmity of Iran.
According to a statement from the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, the UN-coordinated a 14-tonne shipment of "urgent medical supplies" from the UAE to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in the Palestinian territories.
"The aid includes personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical equipment. Most notably, it includes 10 ventilators that are acutely needed," the statement read.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/S1EnkZNjU
Is there an Arab country they haven't slapped in the face yet?