Amid warming to Israel, UAE urges halt to annexation plans

A minister of the United Arab Emirates has urged Israel to stop its plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, warning of a serious setback for the so-called Middle East peace process. "Continued Israeli talk of annexing Palestinian lands must stop," UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said in a tweet on Monday. "Any unilateral Israeli move will be a serious setback for the peace process, undermine Palestinian self determination & constitute a rejection of the international & Arab consensus...