DUBAI -- One year after Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a historic normalization agreement, ties between the Middle Eastern states are thriving. The prospects for Israel extending its diplomatic gains to Asia's Muslim-majority countries, however, appear dim at best.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced the deal on Aug. 13, 2020, and the agreement was signed about a month later. Trade between the UAE and Israel has since reached $570 million, according to local media reports citing the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics.
