Tag: Abraham Accords
UAE announces candidacy for seat on UN Security Council
United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday announced the candidacy of the UAE for a non-permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.
In his address to the General Debate...
Netanyahu, Bahrain crown prince discuss warming ties in ‘very friendly’ call
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Crown Prince of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa held their first public conversation on Tuesday, a week after the two countries, together with the United Arab Emirates, signed the...
Iran’s Bahrain campaign enters a dangerous new phase
The normalization of relations between Israel and Bahrain constitutes another significant and painful blow to Iran’s soft belly. However, unlike the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain is of particular historical, religious and political importance to...
Honduras to relocate embassy to Jerusalem by year’s end
Israel and Honduras will open embassies in each other’s capital cities before the end of this year, according to a statement released on Sunday by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office.
The joint announcement came following...
Congress members introduce bipartisan resolution in support of Israeli accords
A bipartisan group of Congress members introduced a resolution this week in support of the normalization deals between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and Israel and Bahrain.
On Tuesday, U.S. House Foreign Affairs chairman...
It wouldn’t have happened without Trump
The gala signing of the normalization agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain was a bitter pill for the diplomatic establishment to swallow. The people who are counting on taking back...
The fundamental fracture the Abraham Accords may begin to heal
It’s hard not to get emotional about the deals signed in Washington this week between Israel and its new Gulf partners, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
It’s not just that this historic agreement has...
Friedman on Abraham Accords: ‘When the dust settles, Israeli-Arab conflict will be over’
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said on Wednesday that recent regional developments, and especially the peace treaties between Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, mark the beginning of the end of the...
IDF hits multiple Hamas targets in response to overnight rocket barrage
Israeli fighter jets and helicopters carried out two waves of strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning, after terrorists in the coastal enclave fired 15 rockets into Israeli territory overnight...
Biden praises UAE, Bahrain normalization deals with Israel
Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden applauded the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for normalizing ties with Israel.
“I welcome the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain taking steps to normalize ties with...