Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a statement: "Peace, security and stability will not be achieved in the region until the Israeli occupation ends," he said. "The main problem is not between the countries that signed the agreements and the Israeli occupation authority, but with the Palestinian people who are suffering under occupation."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the normalization deals his country was signing with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain could "end the Arab-Israeli conflict once and for all," at a signing at the White House