{"id":92070,"date":"2025-06-01T11:13:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=92070"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:13:15","slug":"consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-israel-has-establish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-israel-has-establish\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements:\n  Statement-I: Israel has establish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Statement-I: Israel has established diplomatic relations with some Arab States.<\/li>\n<li>Statement-II: The &#8216;Arab Peace Initiative&#8217; mediated by Saudi Arabia was signed by Israel and Arab League.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I&#8221; option2=&#8221;Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I&#8221; option3=&#8221;Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect&#8221; option4=&#8221;Statement-I is incorrect but Statement-II is correct&#8221; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC IAS &#8211; 2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-ias-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-ias-2023\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe correct answer is C) Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nStatement-I is correct: Israel has established diplomatic relations with several Arab states. Egypt and Jordan signed peace treaties and established relations decades ago. More recently, the Abraham Accords, starting in 2020, led to normalization agreements between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco.<br \/>\nStatement-II is incorrect: The &#8216;Arab Peace Initiative&#8217; was proposed by Saudi Arabia in 2002 and endorsed by the Arab League. It offered full normalization of relations between Arab states and Israel in exchange for Israel&#8217;s withdrawal from occupied territories, establishment of a Palestinian state, and a just resolution for Palestinian refugees. Israel did not sign this initiative; it was a proposal from the Arab League to Israel.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe Abraham Accords represented a significant shift in the approach to Arab-Israeli relations, moving towards normalization by some Arab states without the prior resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in contrast to the premise of the Arab Peace Initiative.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements: Statement-I: Israel has established diplomatic relations with some Arab States. Statement-II: The &#8216;Arab Peace Initiative&#8217; mediated by Saudi Arabia was signed by Israel and Arab League. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements? [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is the correct &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Consider the following statements:\n  Statement-I: Israel has establish\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-statement-i-israel-has-establish\/#more-92070\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Consider the following statements:<br \/>\n  Statement-I: Israel has establish<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1092],"tags":[1105,1142],"class_list":["post-92070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-ias","tag-1105","tag-current-news-and-affairs","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Consider the following statements:  Statement-I: Israel has establish<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The correct answer is C) Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect. 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