The signing of an agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is a Faustian deal. In exchange for promised diplomatic relations between the two countries (it is not a peace treaty as stated in the media because the two countries have never been at war), Israel has given up applying its law to its own land in the West Bank. The West Bank is vital to Israel’s security and to its survival. A true recognition of friendship between two countries should never be contingent upon one giving up its sovereignty. A piece of paper is easily torn up but security is difficult to regain - recall Neville Chamberlain waving a piece of paper, saying “Peace in our time”. That piece of paper would go on to cost millions of lives. Israelis may yet regret this day.