The Abu Dhabi crown prince said on Monday that the United Arab Emirates is committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital, Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV reported. In a statement read by UAE's foreign minister, Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan said to the Palestinian community in the country that the normalization deal with Israel was a sovereign decision in the favor of peace. 'Peace is a strategic choice, but not at the expense of the Palestinian cause,' he said according to Al Arabiya.