ISRAEL PM NETANYAHU SAYS 'MANY MORE' SECRET TALKS WITH ARAB LEADERS

Netanyahu's office said last week that National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat will lead the Israeli delegation.
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ISRAEL PM NETANYAHU SAYS 'MANY MORE' SECRET TALKS WITH ARAB LEADERS
Netanyahu's office said last week that National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat will lead the Israeli delegation. Israel is in secret talks with several Arab states on establishing ties, PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, ahead of the Jewish state's first commercial flight to the UAE following a normalisation accord. "There are many more unpublicised meetings with Arab and Muslim leaders to normalise relations with the state of Israel," the prime minister said, without naming any countries. A US-brokered agreement between the Jewish state and Dubai to normalise ties was announced on August 13, making the UAE the first Gulf country and only the third Arab nation to establish relations with Israel, after Egypt and Jordan. The first-ever commercial flight from Israel to the UAE will on Monday morning carry a US-Israeli delegation led on the American side by White House advisor Jared Kushner, who stood next to Netanyahu during the Israeli premier's remarks on Sund…