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“President Joe Biden entered office determined to abrogate Trump’s foreign policy initiatives. That the Abraham Accords are the sole survivor is a testament to their logic and strength”
WASHINGTON JEWISH WEEK How the Abraham Accords Took a Different Path Michael Rubin August 3, 2022 …Greenblatt also describe the evolution and logic of the Bahrain conference that unveiled a $50 billion investment plan for the Palestinians. The plan aimed … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Accords, Bahrain, Jonathan Greenblatt, Morocco, Palestinians, Sudan, United Arab Emirates
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“Sheikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa was dismissed by the Bahraini king after reportedly refusing to shake the hand of Israel’s ambassador to Manama”
JERUSALEM POST Bahraini official, royal family member sacked over Israeli ambassador snub July 25, 2022 A top Bahraini official and member of the ruling family was dismissed from her position by the Bahraini king after she refused to shake hands … Continue reading
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Tagged Bahrain, Sheikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa
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“The Negev Summit was at once a spectacular success and one of the most flagrant displays of Israeli diplomatic incompetence in history”
JNS A tale of two Negev Summits by David Wurmser March 29, 2022 The just-concluded Sde Boker summit was at once a tremendous and moving success and an unmitigated disaster. It was in fact two summits happening at the same time. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Morocco, Negev Summit, United Arab Emirates, Yair Lapid
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Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz: “The four countries that signed peace agreements with us within the framework of the ‘Abraham Accords’ suffer from water shortages like us”
ALGEMEINER Israel and Bahrain Sign $3 Million ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Deal to Share Knowledge on Water Technology by Sharon Wrobel March 31, 2021 Israel’s state-owned water company Mekorot has inked a $3 million deal to provide Bahrain’s Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) … Continue reading
#Holocaust remembrance: “Participants from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Saudi Arabia joined viewers from North America, Europe and Israel in more personal kind of diplomacy”
JNS In a first, Arab-initiated event commemorates the Holocaust in wake of Abraham Accords by Eliana Rudee January 27, 2021 In the wake of the Abraham Accords and in honor of International Holocaust Memorial Day on Jan. 27, individuals from … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, Bahrain, Holocaust, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
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“Even if a peace agreement is not officially announced, relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia are at their peak, especially given the Iranian threat and concerns over other radical Islamic elements in the region”
JNS The Saudi dilemma by Shahar Klaiman December 20, 2020 The peace deal with Morocco is the fourth accord between Israel and an Arab state to sideline the Palestinian issue. While the leaders of Abu Dhabi, Manama and Khartoum had … Continue reading
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Tagged Bahrain, Joe Biden, Saudi Arabia, UAE
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“Israel’s Arab neighbors have demonstrated that the Palestinian cause is not as high on their agenda as it appeared to be in the past”
GATESTONE INSTITUTE The Future of Arab Normalization with Israel by Alan Dershowitz October 28, 2020 Now that the Sudan has joined the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in normalizing relations with Israel, the future seems bright for even more Arab … Continue reading
The Israeli diplomats under cover in Bahrain “all had cover stories, backed up by unconvincing LinkedIn profiles”
AXIOS Israel’s secret embassy in Bahrain by Barak Ravid October 20, 2020 Israel has been conducting undercover diplomacy in Bahrain for more than a decade through a front company listed as a commercial consulting firm…The existence of the covert diplomatic … Continue reading
“It took only two weeks for the UAE to change their textbooks to accept and embrace Israel as part of the Middle East – but Palestinian media and schools still teach that Jews are the usurping outsiders who will ultimately be banished”
ELDER OF ZIYON Hey Palestinians – you could have had peace with Israel 20 years ago and chose terror. Actions have consequences. September 18, 2020 Hey Palestinians: You keep whining about how the Abraham Accords ignore you. That’s wrong. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Bahrain, Palestinians, UAE
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“History is in the making in Washington today, and not only for the Middle East. What we are witnessing is the construction of a bridge between the three monotheistic religions”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) The Abraham Accords and a changing Middle East by Fiamma Nirenstein September 15, 2020 Whether we call it peace or normalization isn’t very important: The agreements being signed today between Israel, the United Arab … Continue reading
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Tagged Bahrain, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, UAE, United Arab Emirates
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