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Harris, Cruz add to bipartisan support in Congress for Abraham Accords

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Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, have joined the overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress for the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain normalizing ties with the State of Israel. To date, all...
U.S. President Donald Trump, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyanisigns sign the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Trump illustrates the right kind of American intervention

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President Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy has been subjected to harsh criticism since before he took office. Trump’s emphasis on criticizing past American interventions in foreign conflicts and his decision to employ the...
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Overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress for Abraham Accords

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Congress has recorded overwhelmingly bipartisan support for the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain normalizing ties with the State of Israel. To date, 52 Republicans, 38 Democrats and one Independent have co-sponsored a Senate resolution introduced by Sens....
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 14, 2020. Credit: Ron Przysucha/U.S. State Department via Flickr.

With UAE and Bahrain ties with Israel on full throttle, will Sudan and Saudi...

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U.S. President Donald Trump alluded to yet another Muslim nation about to make peace with Israel when he tweeted on Monday, “GREAT news! New government of Sudan, which is making great progress, agreed to pay $335...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech regarding the coronavirus outbreak, at P.A. headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 5, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Mahmoud Abbas: Down and out in Ramallah?

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Angry, sad and ill, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been stuck at home in Ramallah for a few months now. COVID-19 is forcing him to be extra careful. At his age, 85, with...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked by U.S. President Donald Trump, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyani, at the signing of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020, Credit: White House/Joyce N. Boghosian.

Abraham’s seeds of peace were planted long ago; now they’re bearing fruit

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When the Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab Emirates were hastily announced from the White House in a mid-August press conference, Israelis were both caught by surprise and left to guess whether...
Trilateral summit with Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the United States on Oct. 20, 2020. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom GPO.

Israel, UAE and America announce $3 billion regional development fund

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A senior delegation of United Arab Emirate officials visited Israel on Tuesday and signed various agreements that included the establishment of the Abraham Fund, which seeks to raise $3 billion in private investments for...
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US to delist Sudan as state sponsor of terror, paving way for normalization with...

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U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States will remove Sudan from the U.S. list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, paving the way for the African nation to normalize ties with Israel. “GREAT news!...
Elan Carr, U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, at the U.S. Department of Justice Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism in Washington, D.C., July 15, 2019. Credit: DOJ.

US envoy Carr: 1.7 million anti-Semitic posts on Facebook, Twitter so far in 2020

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Elan Carr has served as U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism since February 2019. Previously, he was a deputy district attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. He was also a judge advocate in the American...
Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat (L), signs a joint communique with Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani in Manama, Bahrain, on Oct. 18, 2020. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Jerusalem, Manama seal ‘diplomatic, peaceful, friendly’ relations

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Israeli National Security Council head Meir Ben-Shabbat and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani on Sunday signed a joint communique on the establishment of “diplomatic, peaceful and friendly” relations between Jerusalem and...