LINK TO ARTICLE Otaiba presented Israel with a choice: Normalize relations with the Gulf states or normalize relations among its own citizens. Otaiba wrote, “Annexation, [that is, Israel’s plan to apply its laws to its communities in Judea and Samaria and to the Jordan Valley in accordance with President Donald Trump’s vision for peace] will certainly and immediately upend Israeli aspirations for improved security, economic and cultural ties with the Arab world and with the UAE.”