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Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Credit: Flickr.

Biden praises UAE, Bahrain normalization deals with Israel

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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...
Orit Farkash Hacohen, then chairwoman of Israel's Public Utilities Authority, attends a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Oct. 26, 2015. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Israeli Strategic Affairs Ministry: Abraham Accords bad news for BDS

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Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry on Wednesday said on Wednesday that Israel’s peace agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are likely to interfere with the BDS movement’s ability to implement initiatives. In a memorandum...
U.S. President Donald Trump, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyani sign the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. Credit: Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour.

Abraham Accords are a paradigm shift of biblical proportions

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The signing of normalization agreements between Israel and Muslim-majority Sunni Gulf States the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain represents the end of an era of pan-Arab belligerence towards the Jewish state, and the formal...
President Donald Trump meets with King Hamed bin Issa of Bahrain during their bilateral meeting, Sunday, May 21, 2017, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Jewish and pro-Israel groups welcome Israel-Bahrain normalization agreement

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Jewish and pro-Israel groups instantly applauded Israel and Bahrain for agreeing on Friday to normalize relations between the two countries—the second of its kind between Israel and a Persian Gulf nation in the wake of the...
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 16, 2019. Credit: Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian.

Trump announces Bahrain as latest Arab country to normalize ties with Israel

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Bahrain has become the latest country to normalize ties with Israel, announced U.S. President Donald Trump via Twitter on Friday. According to a joint statement by Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahraini King...
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Reports: Bahrain next in line to normalize ties with Israel

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Bahrain is expected to normalize ties with Israel, according to Israeli media reports on Friday. This would be the second accord between Israel and a Gulf state in recent weeks following the decision by the...
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...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump with senior White House adviser Jared Kushner at the start of a meeting in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

UAE, Israeli defense ministers discuss increasing security cooperation

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UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs Mohammed al-Bawardi and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz spoke by phone on Tuesday, according to UAE media. The two discussed “strengthening communication channels and establishing solid bilateral relations...
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain meets wit U.S. President Donald Trump at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. on May 21, 2017. Credit: King Hamed bin Issa of Bahrain meets wit U.S. President Donald Trump at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. on May 21, 2017. Credit: White House/Shealah Craighead.

Report: Bahrain likely to become next Gulf state to solidify relations with Israel

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Bahrain could become the second Gulf nation to establish formal relations with Israel, the Hebrew news reported on Saturday night, in the aftermath of the announcement on Thursday about the historic treaty signed between the Jewish...
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...