Israeli FM calls for peace with Palestinians, more Arab nations

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has urged the Palestinians and other Arab nations to forge peace agreements with the Jewish state.

Lapid called more Arab countries to join the US-brokered deals signed in September 2020, in which the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain agreed to normalise ties with Israel, reports Xinhua news agency.

Morocco, Sudan and Oman later signed similar deals.

“I’m calling the Palestinians and the citizens of any Arab nation — we come in peace,” Lapid said, adding that more normalisation deals would “bring prosperity, jobs, a culture of progress and success” to the peoples of the Middle East.

The remarks were made during an inaugural meeting of a Knesset (Parliament) panel dedicated to the promotion of the deals.

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