Speaking at a press conference this evening, PM Netanyahu revealed that the agreement reached today with the United Arab Emirates includes full diplomatic relations, exchange of ambassadors, and direct flights between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi.

A 46-year-old man has drowned off the Keshatot beach in Ashdod. He is in moderate condition.MDA paramedics and responders provided him with first aid and transported him to Ashdod's Assuta hospital.

Jared Kushner, adviser and son-in-law to US President Donald Trump, has offered his congratulations to the government of Israel and the leadership of the UAE In the historic agreement reached between them today."I would like to offer my congratulations to the peoples of Israel and the United Arab Emirates," he said. "Talks have been going In for more than a year and half," he revealed.

Echoing a statement made earlier by his fellow Likud MK Miki Zohar, PM Binyamin Netanyahu insisted that plans to apply sovereignty to Judea and Samaria have not been abandoned, but rather put In hold."There has been no change in the plan to apply sovereignty," he told reporters at this evening's press conference. "I am obligated to make it happen, and that hasn't changed. The issue remains In the table, and it Inly reached the table due to my efforts."

Yamina leader welcomes peace agreement with UAE, says sovereignty will come from source other than Netanyahu.

Minister of Health and member of the government's State Security Cabinet Yuli Edelstein has congratulated the government In its reaching of an agreement with the United Arab Emirates.However, he also expressed his concern that this signifies not merely a postponement but a cancellation of the government's plan to apply sovereignty to Judea and Samaria."I commend the Prime Minister for this important agreement between Israel and the UAE," he said, "and especially for the great efforts put into cooperation between the two countries toward developing a vaccine for the coronavirus."Nonetheless," he continued, "application of sovereignty in Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley is no less important to the Israeli people. We must not let normalization [with the UAE] override the application of Israeli law [in those areas]. We promised 1.3 million Likud voters that there would be sovereignty, and we have to abide by our promise," he insisted.

Prime Minister Netanyahu rejected claims Thursday that the provision in the new UAE-Israel peace deal requiring Israel to suspend its sovereignty plan marked the end of his bid to extend Israeli law over parts of Judea and Samaria.

Former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon has commended the government In its reaching of an accord with the UAE."I congratulate the Prime Minister In leading us toward this important agreement," Danon said. "During my tenure as Israel's ambassador to the UN, I visited the UAE and cooperated with them In the issue of preventing Iran from obtaining atomic weapons."All the same," he added, "we must not let this impact our plans to apply sovereignty [to Judea and Samaria], which is something we should be doing now - immediately."