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Iran's growing aggression played a factor in Arab states reconsidering their policy towards Israel, a senior Emirati minister admitted. Iran's hostile behavior towards its Arab neighbors made them look at the Jewish State "with fresh eyes," UAE’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Anwar Gargash, said. The UAE, along with Bahrain, signed a historic peace agreement with Israel at a White House ceremony on September 15. 

Less than a week after the signing of the Israel-Arab peace accords, the Arab Gulf country of Bahrain has reported a foiled Iranian terrorist plot against diplomats and foreign nationals on its soil. Several suspects have been rounded up for planning a terrorist attack backed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) -- Iranian regime's military and foreign terrorist arm, Reuters reported citing Bahrain's Interior Ministry.

The Palestinians are "deeply pained" to witness the flight carrying the first official Israeli delegation to the United Arab Emirates following the last month's historic peace agreement brokered by President Donald Trump, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said. "It pains us to see an Israeli plane land in the United Arab Emirates," he complained, as the first-ever commercial flight from Israel to the UAE landed at the Abu Dhabi airport on Monday.

The United Arab Emirates has hit back at Tehran over threats made by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) following a peace agreement reached by the country with Israel.

This is breaking news, and will be updated. Donald Trump has announced a peace agreement has been reached through U.S. efforts between Israel and the United Arab Emirites. The UAE would be only the third Arab country, after Egypt and Jordan, to make peace and establish full diplomatic relations with Israel. Israel has agreed to "suspend" plans to "annex" sections of Judea and Samaria.