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\u201cWe don\u2019t think that normalization was the core of this conflict and hence it can\u2019t be the answer,\u201d Qatari\u00a0Spokesperson\u00a0for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lolwah Rashid al-Khater, said in an exclusive interview with Bloomberg television news network on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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She added, \u201cThe core of this conflict is about the drastic conditions that the Palestinians are living under\u201d as \u201cpeople without a country, living under occupation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Last week, Bahrain joined the UAE in striking an agreement to normalize relations with Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

In a joint statement, the United States, Bahrain and Israel said the agreement to establish ties was reached after US President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

The deal came one month after the UAE and the Tel Aviv regime agreed to normalize ties under a US-brokered accord.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Bahrain will join Israel and the UAE for a signing ceremony at the White House hosted by\u00a0Trump later on Tuesday. The ceremony will be attended by\u00a0Netanyahu,\u00a0Bahrain\u2019s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani and Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Elsewhere in her remarks, Khater pointed to the attempts, backed by Kuwait, to end the economic and diplomatic blockade Saudi Arabia and a number of its allies imposed on gas-rich Qatar in June 2017, noting that the efforts have not yet reached a tipping point.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

\u201cIn the past couple of months, there have been messages and messengers going back and forth,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2020-09-15 17:37:15","content_date_finish":"2020-09-15 17:37:15","content_date_register":"2020-09-15 17:41:02","content_date_last_edit":"2020-09-15 17:41:02","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","tag_id":"16188","tag_word":"UAE,UAE,Pakistan,Pakistan","tag_service":"0","tag_total":"42","tag_soundex":"","attach_token":"3078910780","attach_date_register":"2020-09-15 17:41:00","attach_id":"10184","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"650","attach_img_height":"365","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"1300","visit_date_last":"2024-11-24 08:30:13","attach_title":"Qatar, Pakistan rule out possibility of normalization with Israel\n 2","node_title":"News,Ordinary","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":98, \"left\":2, \"right\":11},{\"node_id\":127, \"left\":66, \"right\":67}]","node_number":"4","allowable_node":"4"}]]