The Blue and White party has reacted to the normalization of relations with the UAE in these words:"We wish our friends in Likud would stop the bitterness. We bless them for advancing normalization, peace and security in the absence of one-sided irresponsible steps."
Likud bitterness was expressed following a prounouncement of Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (Blue and White) that "normalization had taken the place of annexation."