Israel, U.A.E. Agree to Establish Formal Diplomatic Relationship

TEL AVIV—Israel and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday forged a formal diplomatic romance, soon after Israel agreed to suspend a strategy to annex elements of the occupied West Financial institution in a extraordinary U.S.-backed change that signaled Israel’s warming ties with Gulf Arab states.

“The historic diplomatic breakthrough will advance peace in the Center East location,” stated a joint statement from Israel, the U.S. and the U.A.E that praised “the courage of the United Arab Emirates and Israel to chart a new route that will unlock the great possible…