US can maintain Israel's military edge while helping the UAE, the Arab world's second-largest economyб and regional power, said senior White House adviser Jared Kushner upon arriving in Abu Dhabi from Tel Aviv on the first direct commercial flight.

According to him, Kushner said Palestinians should not be “stuck in the past”, Reuters reported.

“They have to come to the table. Peace will be ready for them, an opportunity will be ready for them as soon as they are ready to embrace it,” said Kushner, part of the US delegation that accompanied Israeli officials on the first official Israeli flight from Tel Aviv to the UAE.

Kushner and National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien lead the US delegation. The Israeli team is led by O'Brien's colleague Meir Ben-Shabbat.

During the visit, Israel and the United Arab Emirates will discuss issues of economic, scientific, trade, and cultural cooperation. Direct flights between the two countries will also be on the agenda, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman told al Arabiya TV after landing in Abu Dhabi.

Israeli officials hope the two-day trip will set the date for the signing ceremony for the normalization agreement in Washington, possibly as early as September.