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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. Credit: Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock.

Could Italian support for Israel influence other EU countries?

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When Arab diplomats praise Israel in public forums, it’s a real indicator that times have changed. Omar Alshamsi, the United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to Italy, told an online forum that the Abraham Accords “marked a...
Arab Gulf leaders pose together following the restoration of ties between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as well as other Arab countries, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt. Source: Twitter.

Debate over Qatar: Is blockade-ending move positive for Middle East?

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Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates ended their three-and-a-half-year blockade against Qatar on Tuesday—a move whose implications appear to have mixed ramifications on issues surrounding the Middle East, according to foreign-policy experts. Saudi Arabia...
Rabbi of the Western Wall Shmuel Rabinovitch and a delegation from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain at a candle-lighting ceremony at the Kotel for the fifth night of Hanukkah, on Dec. 14, 2020. Credit: Western Wall Heritage Foundation.

Bahraini, UAE delegation attends Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony at Kotel

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A delegation from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain took part in a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony at the Western Wall on Monday night. Speaking at the event, Rabbi of the Western Wall Shmuel Rabinovitch said,...
Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat (left), signs a joint communique with Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani in Manama, Bahrain, on Oct. 18, 2020. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Bahrain changes tune, saying it won’t allow imports from Israeli settlements

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Bahrain will not allow imports from Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria, Bahrain’s Industry, Commerce and Tourism Ministry said on Friday, according to a report by the state news agency BNA. The ministry’s statement contradicted the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Bahraini Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashin Al Zayani in Israel on Dec. 2, 2020. Photo by Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu welcomes Bahraini tourism minister in Jerusalem

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday at his office in Jerusalem with Bahraini Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashin Al Zayani, who is in Israel until Thursday leading a 40-member...
U.S. President Donald Trump listens as U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman addresses his remarks in the Oval Office at the announcement that Bahrain is joining the United Arab Emirates in normalizing relations with Israel. on Sept. 11, 2020. Credit: Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour.

Friedman on feat of Abraham Accords: ‘Gulf interests largely in line with those of...

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman detailed the negotiation process that led to the signing of the Abraham Accords, as well as talked about the future of other Arab countries expected to normalize relations...
The flags of the United States, United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain projected on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, on Sept. 15, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Bahraini trade delegation to arrive in Israel for three-day visit

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A first-of-its-kind Bahraini business and trade delegation was expected to arrive in Israel on Tuesday in yet another sign of warming relations between the two countries that was officially declared as part of the...
El Al Flight 971 departing from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi, on Aug. 31, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Saudi Arabia officially allows Israeli airliners to fly over airspace to UAE, Bahrain

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Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that Israeli airliners can use its airspace en route to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Until now, Israeli airliners did not have permanent approval for direct flights to traverse...
Photo credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem

Watershed Moment for the Middle East

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Israel’s new agreements with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan, new agreements for airline overflights of countries with which Israel has no new peace or economic pacts, a new aviation agreement with Jordan...
Left: Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. Right: President-elect Joe Biden. Source: U.S. State Department/Joe Biden via Facebook.

Gulf states concerned over possible Biden overtures to Iran, Muslim Brotherhood

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While President-elect Joe Biden has yet to fill out key cabinet and foreign-policy positions for his next administration, top U.S. allies in the Arab Gulf are voicing concerns over a return to a more...