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most Arab countries display awkward silence

DECRYPTION – Only the United Arab Emirates approves it, will the others be able to oppose it?

“Our position is clear: we want a two-state solution, including a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders”, confided, a few hours before the announcement of Donald Trump, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (photo). ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP

Neither approval nor condemnation, but rather an awkward silence. The Arab countries were waiting Tuesday evening to know the details of the American plan to decide. But will they be able to go beyond their reservations posted in recent months, or even a silence that Washington could be satisfied with?

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Egypt are allies of the United States, some even dependent on their financial aid, and all share Israel’s hostility towards the common Iranian enemy, to the origin of a discreet rapprochement with the Hebrew State in recent years.

“Before commenting on the plan, I would like to see the details. Our position is clear: we want a two-state solution, including a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders ”, confided, a few hours before the announcement of Donald Trump, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, to a delegation of French businessmen in Riyadh. If the Trump plan does not include the creation of a

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