Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) shakes hands with lawmaker Ofir Akunis (R) during a Likud party meeting at parliament in Jerusalem May 11, 2015. (Reuters)

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) shakes hands with lawmaker Ofir Akunis (R) during a Likud party meeting at parliament in Jerusalem. (File photo: Reuters)

Israeli minister hopes for UAE normalization ceremony in US next month

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Reuters, Jerusalem

Published: 30 August ,2020: 10:07 AM GST Updated: 30 August ,2020: 10:15 AM GST

Israel hopes to hold a Washington ceremony solemnizing its normalization deal with the United Arab Emirates by mid-September, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet said on Sunday.

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“This agreement is expected to be signed in the month of September in the city of Washington,” Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis told public broadcaster Kan.

“It will happen - is meant to happen, so I hope – before our Rosh Hashanah. There is still no date, but this is certainly the desire of the government of Israel.”

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, is on September 18.

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