Washington, DC 20036-2103. Toggle navigation. When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Sudan, for example, and tried to tie support for Sudan’s transition from dictatorship to normalizing relations with Israel, Sudan’s transitional leaders firmly rejected the idea. Normalisation avec Israël, une décision solitaire du roi. They were aware that in a Sudan where public opinion now genuinely mattered, the newly empowered Sudanese population would punish any such move. All of this is happening against the will of the Palestinian people and without any concession from the Israelis. The “perhaps” is important, because there is no guarantee stipulated in any of these agreements that Israel will not annex Palestinian territories. Les accords de normalisation des relations d'Israël avec les Émirats Arabes Unis et Bahreïn seront signés ce mardi 15 septembre à Washington. This would likely provide even more fuel into the transnational grassroots opposition to Israeli occupation and apartheid, which is already putting significant pressure on Israel to give the Palestinians their rights. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance. “Normalisation means to participate in any project or initiative or activity, local or international, specifically designed for gathering (either directly or indirectly) Palestinians (and/or Arabs) and Israelis, whether individuals or institutions; that does not explicitly aim to expose and resist the occupation and all forms of discrimination and oppression against the Palestinian people.” A deeply weakened PA is likely to collapse and leave the administration of Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank to their occupier – Israel. Netanyahu: Gaza campaign is continuing with full force, Israel’s doctrine: Humane bombing and benevolent occupation, Netanyahu says Gaza bombing to continue ‘in full-force’, Israel committing war crimes in Gaza, Palestinian FM tells UN, Al Jazeera Centre for Public Liberties & Human Rights. The success of such an initiative, however, is highly unlikely, given that the relations between Ramallah and Abu Dhabi are at an all-time low. But all of this misses the full meaning of normalization. Alors que le Front marocain pour le soutien de la Palestine et contre la normalisation avec Israël a prévu d'organiser une manifestation en faveur de la cause palestinienne ce mardi à Rabat, il s'est heurté au refus catégorique des autorités locales de la ville. These developments have raised a number of important questions on the political scene in the Middle East. Normalization is not simply a top-level exchange of officials; rather, it’s a public-to-public engagement. In the short-term, normalisation with Israel only adds to the isolation of the PA and could benefit Hamas – something that is not in the interest of Israel, which has long used the authorities in Ramallah to indirectly depoliticise and control the Palestinian population. The turmoil of the past decade has meant that Arab populations are far more occupied with tumult at home. ‘Arab consensus’ long held Arab states will normalise ties only if Israel meets a number of conditions for Palestinians. Despite all the noise and PR, Israelis very well realise that normalisation of relations with Gulf nations will not “get rid of” millions of Palestinians. Amadou Atar - 11 mai 2021. La décision de Mohamed VI de rétablir des relations diplomatiques avec Israël en contrepartie de la reconnaissance américaine de la « marocanité » du Sahara occidental a suscité autant d’embarras que de silence dans la majorité de la classe politique. Palestine : manifestations contre les accords de normalisation. The establishment of the state of Israel resulted in hundreds of thousands of Palestinians being dispossessed, and Palestinian, Syrian, and Egyptian territories were militarily occupied by Israel in contravention of international law. Par. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Occupation Palestine. Morocco, Oman, Qatar, and Tunisia have all previously had commercial offices in Israel. Bringing Assistance to Israel in Line With Rights and U.S. Laws, The EU’s Passive Approach to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, The Old Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is Dead—Long Live the Emerging Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Approaching Peace: Centering Rights in Israel-Palestine Conflict Resolution, Carnegie–Tsinghua Young Ambassadors Program, uprisings often flew the Palestinian flag in protests, centrality of the symbolism of the Palestinian cause, let alone withdraw from occupied territories. Thus, what may seem like a major loss for the Palestinian cause may turn out to be more harmful for the Zionist project. A protest against the UAE-Bahraini normalisation with Israel at the UAE embassy in South Africa on 15 September 2020 [BDS South Africa] Dr Mohammed Al-Misfer September 18, 2020 at 6:27 am Ramadan. Normalization is not simply the establishment of official diplomatic relations between states. There seems to be some hope among some moderate Israelis that the UAE, the new self-declared “peacemaker” of the region, could use the deal as a stepping stone and wield its influence to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Will there be a Hamas-Israel prisoner exchange? La normalisation d’encore d’autres pays arabes avec Israël, telle qu’elle se prépare à travers les discussions actuellement en cours. The Arab revolutionary uprisings of 2011 and their aftermath unleased scores of different complications. He is a part-time researcher at a number of Palestinian and Arab research centers and he periodically writes for Al Jazeera, the New Arabic and the Monitor. In this sense, the continuing denial of statehood to the Palestinians by the Israeli right-wing ruling elite and the collapsing support for Israel among younger generations of Americans and Western Europeans puts the country even more firmly on a path towards a one-state solution, where Israelis and Palestinians would enjoy equal rights. What seems to have excited so many over these latest announcements from the UAE and Bahrain is that the sequence for normalization is being overturned. As such, true normalization is likely to elude … Algérie. Will the UAE be able to bypass the Palestinians, the original owners of the cause, and come up with a “solution” to the Palestinian issue? Much of the Western policy and media establishment, both in London and particularly in Washington DC, reacted very excitably to the news. This would effectively mean the end of the Zionist dream of a Jewish state on all of historic Palestine. Conflit israélo-palestinien : "certains pays arabes vont devoir mettre un bémol aux actes trop visibles de normalisation avec Israël" Image prétexte. It cannot erase them from history or from reality. Stay connected to Sada with a new smartphone app for Android and iOS devices, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW The Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement, officially the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel, was initially agreed to in a joint statement by the United States, Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on August 13, 2020, officially referred to as the Abraham Accords. Ali Lmrabet. As bad as this deal is for the Palestinians, it does not make the Palestinian issue go away. No longer, it seems, must normalization come after withdrawal from the occupied territories, and the achievement of a just peace with the Palestinians. The most realistic path to full normalization for Israel does not require its government to set up diplomatic outposts in cities far away from Tel Aviv, but rather, to come to an equitable and just settlement with the people of Palestine, from Gaza to Jerusalem to Ramallah. By and large, none of these forays lasted—and while they did last, no people-to-people normalization took place. Nothing of such political importance was contained in the “peace” deal that Bahrain, the UAE and Israel signed last month. Indeed, even as Israel proclaims diplomatic success in the Gulf, the reaction across Arab public platforms, be it on social media or media outlets, has drawn attention to Israel’s increased sense of impunity in dealing with Palestinians on the ground. The non-resolution of this historic conflict only perpetuates its festering trauma. L'accord de normalisation entre Israël et les Émirats arabes unis, conclu jeudi, n'a pas tardé à faire réagir la communauté internationale, Palestine en pôle. Contrary to what the Emiratis have claimed, this deal has not stopped the annexation of Palestinian lands on the ground. Foreign interference in the Palestinian elections. Within the region, the siege of the Gaza Strip, the expansion of settlements in the West Bank, and the denial of a solution to the refugee issue remain an open wound for the Arab public. That is, the Israelis would have to give up occupied territory for the creation of an independent Palestinian state in exchange for normalising relations with Arab countries. For the Palestinians, this is a clear attempt to preserve the status quo and allow the Israelis to continue stealing Palestinian land, demolishing Palestinian homes, imprisoning and killing Palestinians and altogether solidifying their apartheid rule. The current Israeli political leadership is too short-sighted to see these potential developments. In June, in the middle of the current public health and economic crisis, the Palestinian Authority rejected an aid shipment offered by the UAE to the Palestinian Health Ministry because it came without coordination with the PA and was sent via Ben-Gurion airport in Israel. Even prior to that, there were denouncements across the Gulf by opponents to normalization, describing it as betrayal. Israel is in normalisation talks with five other Muslim-majority countries, a Palestinian Authority official has said according to Israeli news media, following accords struck between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain . The US representatives accompanying the first Israeli delegation to the UAE made clear that Israeli annexation of Palestinian land is an intrinsic part of the normalization deal. Hellyer is a senior associate fellow and scholar at the Royal United Services Institute in London and a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. In the aftermath of the declaration of the Bahraini steps toward normalization, there were protests in Manama against the government’s move, alongside public declarations by Bahraini politicians and civil society. What the Emirati-Bahraini-Israeli agreement has done is basically sideline this past Arab consensus on how to deal with the Palestinian issue and make public what has been going on informally for years – the normalisation of relations between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi. Yet still the longest military occupation in the world continues, and the ensuing refugee problem endures. In the end, the normalization of Israel in the region can only come through an acceptance on the ground by the wider Arab public, including the people of Palestine—irrespective of fanfare from the Trump administration. As such, true normalization is likely to elude Israel for quite some time to come, regardless of how much excitement ensues now. By using this website, you agree to our cookie policy. En Afrique du Sud, des manifestants ont protesté devant le parlement de la ville du Cap, contre les attaques israëliennes sur la bande de Gaza, mercredi 12 mai 2021. While the deal is indeed bad news for the Palestinians, it is important not to exaggerate its significance. In the past month, there has been a major spike in the demolition of Palestinian homes by Israeli forces and Israeli military incursions into Palestinian territory. Israel continues to desire full normalization in the region, but paradoxically, it seeks to do so in ways that make true normalization a veritable impossibility. Normalisation changes the regional context, and presents opportunities for moving ahead with material benefits and new partnerships, to help deliver long overdue Israeli-Palestinian peace. Israel’s nightmare: The dissolution of the Palestinian Authority. Supporters of the deal argue that the Arab states’ declarations have overturned the historically held notion that a stable Arab world, in which Israel is fully accepted, would only occur after finding a solution to the Palestine question. Zeina Azzam presents the case against “normalization”. It is true that in 2020, the Palestinian cause is no longer a primary rallying point in most Arab states. Dr. H.A. But this new narrative overlooks a crucial set of issues that will not disappear, even if they may seem distant to those watching from thousands of miles away. It is a lesson that all should take note of: the deepening of democratic norms in the region makes it all the more necessary for Israel to respect international law in engaging with the Palestinians, if normalization really is desired. If the UAE fails to play a useful role in reaching a settlement with the Palestinians, Tamir fears that the agreement with the UAE could turn from a tactical achievement to strategic harm. Decades after the Egyptian peace accords, people-to-people normalization does not exist, and relations remain quite cold on a cultural level. It demonstrates Emirati and Bahraini disregard for the long-term Arab position of “land for peace”. Does this diplomatic success for Israel mean that the Palestinian question has been completely sidelined in Arab politics? Hence the Arab Peace Initiative, drawn up by Saudi Arabia in 2002, which has the unanimous support of all members of the Arab League. What is behind Mahmoud Abbas’s diplomatic offensive? Normalisation Israël Accord Maroc-Israël : Palestiniens et Sahraouis espèrent une solidarité renouvelée En Tunisie, la normalisation avec Israël « n’est pas à l’ordre du jour » The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) has defined normalization specifically in a Palestinian and Arab context “as the participation in any project, initiative or activity, in Palestine or internationally, that aims (implicitly or explicitly) to bring together Palestinians (and/or Arabs) and Israelis (people or institutions) without placing as its goal resistance … It seems Israel is increasingly gaining political ground in the region, expanding trade and financial relations, and solidifying an Arab-Israeli axis against Iran. In the long run, Arab normalisation with Israel without concessions on the Palestinian issue takes away the main Arab leverage to enforce a two-state solution, which could backfire. For decades, successive Arab governments in the region have, nevertheless, committed to the normalization of relations with Israel—provided that Israel withdraws from the occupied territories and facilitates a just and legal solution to the Palestinian refugee question. Le président palestinien, Mahmoud Abbas, n’a pas tardé à réagir à la normalisation des relations entre le Maroc et Israël. Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv and Washington have touted it as a “peace for peace” (as opposed to “land for peace”) initiative, trying to equate it to the peace agreements Egypt and Jordan concluded with Israel in the past. The Israelis do not hide their optimism that establishing full diplomatic relations with the UAE and Bahrain will open the door to establishing full relations with other countries, such as Oman, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and perhaps Sudan. Speaking with the embedded journalists on the flight to the UAE, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner addressed the Trump peace plan and its allowing for Israel to extend its sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria. Netanyahu is enjoying the image boost the normalisation deal gave him and is probably hoping this would secure his re-election once the ruling coalition collapses and allow him to continue dodging jail over the corruption crimes he is being tried for. On the ground in the Arab world, the opposition to normalization vividly continues. Israel, Arabs, normalisation, US, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Palestinians. The Palestinian Presidency in a statement condemned and rejected the “normalization of relations with the Israeli occupation state that usurps the land of Palestine.” It said that “nobody has the right to talk on behalf of the Palestinian people and its cause,” asserting it will take the required decisions to protect their interest. Parmi les slogans des protestataires, le 15 mai à Tunis : « Tunisiens et Tunisiennes soutiennent la Palestine » et « Le peuple veut criminaliser la normalisation avec Israël » (AFP) Les Palestiniens condamnent la normalisation des relations entre Israël et Bahreïn à Gaza [Mahmud Hams/AFP] Choisir son camp Un diplomate occidental, s’exprimant sous le couvert de l’anonymat, a partagé le point de vue selon lequel « les Palestiniens n’ont pas vraiment de moyen de sortir ». Top Menu Fr. You are leaving the website for the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy and entering a website for another of Carnegie's global centers. There’s even a suggestion that U.S. President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for midwifing the move. But in the wider Arab world, the deal has triggered mixed official reactions, ranging from support in the case of Egypt and Jordan to silence, to … But no one could realistically claim any of this was full normalization. The evidence that we can gather from all moves toward normalization with Israel in the Arab world over the past four decades makes it clear: announcing partial or full diplomatic relations with Arab states does not result in acceptance by Arab populations, unless accompanied by grassroots buy-in, which is inextricably connected to the question of Palestine. En réaction de cette « normalisation des relations » annoncé, ce jeudi 10 décembre, par le président américain Donald Trump, Mahmoud Abbas a salué cette normalisation en la qualifiant d’un act de paix. Israël, Netanyahou et moi. L’expérience palestinienne présente certains parallèles avec une femme subissant une agression sexuelle collective : le fait que le crime soit commis à l’abri protecteur du groupe rend l’expérience encore plus traumatisante. The second geopolitical development that is of fundamental significance for the Palestinian people is the attempt by Israel (with the emphatic support of the Trump administration and most of the US Congress) to resolve the ‘Palestinian question’ by normalizing relations with as many Arab and Muslim countries as possible while at the same time proceeding with the plan to annex large chunks of Palestinian territory and keeping the Palestinian … Le soutien des islamistes marocains à la normalisation avec Israël change la donne. Abu Dhabi and Manama have effectively given the Israelis what they want – open political relations, trade, and backing for their anti-Iran confrontation efforts – without any real concessions on the Palestinian issue. Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees. Such a development would only further put to the fore the apartheid practices of the Israeli state, giving full rights to Israeli Jews, while oppressing and discriminating against the native Palestinian population. The road to regional stability will go through more normalization efforts such as these, and, so it is suggested, the international community can expect further normalization going forward. His research focuses on politics, international relations, security, and religion in the West and the Arab world. For decades, there has been a consensus among Arab states that any dealings with Israel have to be conditioned on a “land for peace” arrangement that includes its withdrawal from the territories it occupied during the 1967 war. Jérusalem. If that were the case, then Israel has already somewhat normalized in the past with many Arab states. He wrote more than 20 books on the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Palestinian resistance and Hamas. As demonstrated in Remi Kanazi’s “ Normalize This ” poem, normalization of Israelis and Jews is stigmatized in Palestinian society, whether in the diaspora or in Israel-Palestine. His premiership may well go down in history as the one that laid the groundwork for the end of the exclusive Jewish state in Palestine. The same is true for the Jordanian peace accords, signed in 1994. Dr Adnan Abu Amer is the head of the Political Science Department at the University of the Ummah in Gaza. … Doha even hosted an Israeli trade office for a time, with resident Israeli diplomatic representation. Check your email for details on your request. Sooner or later, the Israelis will have to face to consequences of denying Palestinian statehood. If these normalisation deals continue, then it would mean that the Palestinians have lost their “veto power” on normalisation with Israel and their cause has lost its political value to the Arab regimes. Israel has made it clear that it does not feel treaty-bound to stop annexing Palestinian territory in the future, let alone withdraw from occupied territories. Over the course of the past month, two Arab Gulf states have declared their intentions to normalize relations with the state of Israel, making them the fourth and fifth to do so (after Egypt, Jordan, and temporarily Mauritania) since Israel’s establishment in what was then Mandatory Palestine in 1948. Occupation Palestine. Earlier last month, President Donald Trump described the agreement to "normalise relations and forge a new relationship" between the UAE-Bahrain and Israel as a historic breakthrough. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the architect of the deal, like most Israelis, knows very well that any such comparison is unrealistic. That signified the centrality of the symbolism of the Palestinian cause, connecting it to the Arab revolutionary demand for genuine autonomy and empowerment after colonial and postcolonial regimes. Have Palestinians lost their “veto power” on the normalisation of relations between Arab states and Israel? Khalil al-Anani. The peace deals that the two countries signed with Israel not only put an end to hostilities but also forced Israel to withdraw from territories it had occupied. Normalisation, Sudan, Oman, deal, Israel, US, Trump, Djibouti, Comoro Islands, Mauritania, normalization, talks, Palestine, Palestinian Authority. A true normalization with the Arab public is unlikely to follow such moves—on the contrary. If you enjoyed reading this, subscribe for more! This consensus gave an unspoken “veto power” on normalisation to the Palestinians, making the resolution of the Palestinian issue the only way in which Israel would be accepted in the Arab world. Normalization with the Arab world has evaded Israelis for decades. After all, neither Bahrain nor the UAE has actually been at war with Israel and they also have no common borders, unlike Jordan and Egypt, which waged deadly wars against the Israelis. Dr Adnan Abu Amer is the head of the Political Science Department at the University of the Ummah in Gaza. In the long run, Arab normalisation with Israel without concessions on the Palestinian issue takes away the main Arab leverage to enforce a two-state solution, which could backfire. That is only a part of the normalization of officialdom. Toggle navigation. The PA has made it clear it considers the Emirati deal with Israel a “betrayal” and has issued strongly-worded condemnations. Despite a deep political rift going back to 2007, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose Palestinian Authority has limited rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and his Hamas rivals have been united against the Gulf states' move. The non-resolution of this historic conflict only perpetuates its festering trauma. En réalité, cette normalisation qui veut s’imposer par le haut est présentée comme une arme contre le Boycott qui inquiète Israël, perçu comme victime, mais jamais comme responsable de ses actes, de ses violations de toutes les normes internationales, de son occupation et colonisation illégales, et de ses crimes de guerre commis à Gaza en 2008 et en 2014. The signing of the deal normalising relations between Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates caused a stir in the Middle East. This happens in territories that the overwhelming majority of the international community—and international law—recognize as illegally occupied by Israel. Des rassemblements ont eu lieu à Naplouse, Hébron, dans le nord et le sud de la Cisjordanie, et dans la ville de Gaza. In a recent article, former Israeli diplomat, Nadav Tamir, wrote about the possibility of Abu Dhabi initiating new negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and Tel Aviv to produce a settlement that includes a separate Palestinian state. She says that meaningful discussion of Israel/Palestine cannot start with the status … The most realistic path to full normalization for Israel does not require its government to set up diplomatic outposts in cities far away from Tel Aviv, but rather, to come to an equitable and just settlement with the people of Palestine, from Gaza to Jerusalem to Ramallah. Within those territories, Israeli, Palestinian, and international human rights organizations have long objected to Israeli forces repeatedly violating human rights conventions. Israël-Palestine : la position du Maroc en débats. L’Organisation de Libération de la Palestine et le Mouvement Hamas ont salué, dimanche, les positions du Qatar et de l’Algérie rejetant la normalisation des relations avec Israël. Maroc. Indeed, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees has been in continual operation since 1949. READ MORE: Hezbollah, Hamas leaders discuss changing Israel … Discrimination against Palestinian citizens of Israel is an additional issue entirely. But even against that backdrop, it is important to remember that those uprisings often flew the Palestinian flag in protests. Normalization can happen first—so goes the narrative—and then, perhaps, Israel will withdraw thereafter.
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