The Ambassador’s comments seem to anger Palestinian leaders, who have described the peace treaties as “stabs in the back” which they say are seriously weakening their hopes. for a possible Palestinian state.
They come as the International Criminal Court has ruled that it has sovereignty over the situation in the Palestinian territories, paving the way for the tribunal to open a war crimes investigation into Israel.
Mr Na’eh also said he had even received a call from a Palestinian business owner from Nablus, in the West Bank, who asked to be connected to investors.
“People are shouting, telling me,‘ Ambassador I’m from Nablus, can we be in touch, I have business proposals ”he said.
“It simply comes to the notice that this peace is not just between leaders [but] rest between people. The spectrum of that is obvious. We’re talking about dozens of areas of collaboration in several previously unrecognized areas. “
Since signing the boxes, Israel and the United Arab Emirates have formed a network of trade groups to promote investment and business partnerships.
Last week, the Dubai government released figures from September 2020 to January 2021, considering that trade between the new allies had reached nearly £ 200m and around 6.2k tonnes in goods.
Some of the projects hope to bring wealth to East Jerusalem, which is under Israeli control but is claimed by the Palestinians as their own capital.
A former ambassador to Turkey, Mr. Nae’h is no stranger to navigating the false waters of Israel’s relations with Muslim countries.
In 2018 he was abruptly ousted by Ankara during a ceasefire between Israeli and Palestinian forces in Gaza, which is controlled by the Hamas militant group.
It appears to need a substantial security team in the United Arab Emirates, amid fears that Iranian-funded terrorist groups are plotting to bring in the Gulf state to attack the embassy.
But the former diplomat says he wants Arab critics of Israel to understand that his Palestinians have the best interests of the Palestinians.
“I am also pro-Palestine. I wish them to live in peace, security and wealth, and so win the hearts and minds through cooperation and the construction of bridges of peace, which is my mission here in Abu Dhabi, ”He said.
Palestinian officials, along with Turkey and Iran, reject this claim. They say the new alliance between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain is causing a catastrophe for people on the West Bank.
This is partly because the Palestinian leadership has long argued that Arab countries should not accept the Jewish state only after the creation of a Palestinian state.