Israeli PM heads to UAE in first visit since normalisation
The Israeli prime minister will make his first trip to the UAE on Sunday since the two normalized ties last year.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will travel to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday and meet the Persian Gulf state's de facto ruler in the highest-level visit since the two sides normalised relations last year
"I will be going out today to the United Arab Emirates, in the first visit ever by an Israeli prime minister," Bennett told a meeting of his cabinet on Sunday.
There was no immediate confirmation from Abu Dhabi.
The UAE along with Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco moved toward normal ties with Israel under a controversial US-sponsored deal. The agreement was slammed by Palestinians and much of the Arab world as a betrayal of the Palestinian cause.
Bennett's trip on Sunday would be the first by an Israeli premier to any of those four countries.
He will meet Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan on Monday, Bennett's office said.
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