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Tel Aviv City Hall lights up with the word “Peace” following the signing of the Abraham Accords, Sept. 15, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

House Foreign Affairs Committee advances Israeli-Arab normalization bill

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The House Foreign Affairs Committee passed a bipartisan bill on Thursday that aims to build on the Abraham Accords between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. H.B. 2748, introduced in the U.S. House of...
Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Yair Lapid with Prime Minister Naftali Bennet (center) at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 21, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel’s new leadership likely to advance Abraham Accords, put Palestinian issue on backburner

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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is scheduled to travel to the United Arab Emirates next week, marking his first visit there since he became the country’s top diplomat. The visit comes as Israel and the Biden administration...
Individuals from the group Sharaka held an online event to memorialize victims of the Holocaust and to promote an action plan for Holocaust awareness and combating anti-Semitism prior to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, 2021. Source: Screenshot.

In a first, Arab-initiated event commemorates the Holocaust in wake of Abraham Accords

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In the wake of the Abraham Accords and in honor of International Holocaust Memorial Day on Jan. 27, individuals from the group Sharaka held an event to memorialize victims of the Holocaust and to...
Palestinian workers clear streets and homes in the West Bank city of Nablus on April 3, 2020, enabling measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

How the Muslim-Arab world is handling the coronavirus crisis

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It’s something of a riddle how Arab and Muslim states have dealt with the COVID-19 crisis. In March 2020, when the World Health Organization declared the virus a pandemic, and reports of thousands of...
Protesters in Turkey demonstrate against the Trump administration's “Peace to Prosperity” conference and Mideast peace plan in Bahrain, July 2019. Credit: TRT Arabic, Turkey.

Arabs states draw closer to Israel to counter non-Arab powers Turkey and Iran

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The decision by three Arab states to make peace with Israel can be credited both to efforts by the Trump administration and the recognition by these Sunni states that their security would improve against...
U.S. President Donald Trump joins the G7 leadership and extended G7 members for the “family photo” in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 25, 2019. Credit: Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks.

Is America isolated on the world stage?

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Among the many complaints about President Donald Trump is that he’s not just embarrassing America on the world stage, he’s also left the country more isolated than ever before. But the question Americans should...
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C., during which President Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords, Sept. 18, 1978. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rejecting the rejectionists

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In 1977, shortly after Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s address to the Knesset in Jerusalem outlining his proposals for peace with Israel, the PLO and five Arab countries formed a bloc whose sole purpose was...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Oman’s Sultan Qaboos in the Omani capital of Muscat, Oct. 26, 2018. Credit: GPO.

Israel’s historic deal with the UAE could be just the beginning

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A joint statement by U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan—the crown prince of Abu Dhabi—announcing the “Abraham Accord,” a peace deal between Israel and...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from his office, spoke by telephone with U.S. President Donald Trump and UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed on Aug. 13, 2020, achieving a historic peace agreement between Israel and the UAE. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Jewish and pro-Israel groups from both left and right laud Israel-UAE announcement

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Jewish and pro-Israel groups instantly applauded Israel and the United Arab Emirates for a peace deal on Thursday to normalize relations between the two countries—the first of its kind between Israel and a Middle Eastern...

Trump vows new Iran deal ‘within four weeks’ if re-elected

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U.S. President Donald Trump vowed that if re-elected in November, there would be a new deal with Iran “within four weeks.” “When we win, we will have a deal within four weeks,” he said in...