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‘The Abraham

accords’

srael and the United Arab Emirates
Ireached an agreement to begin
normalizing relations August 13,
a historic breakthrough hailed by
American and Israeli leaders as a
crucial step toward peace, but criticized
by Palestinian officials as a betrayal.
Bahrain followed in the footsteps of President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
UAE, in what is perceived arm-twisting
by the US. as Bahrain is home to the US Navy’s lands in the occupied West Bank, but the
Assailing the deal, Palestinians termed regional headquarters. Infect, Bahrain plan “remains on table”.
the deal as a stab in the back by a has maintained for some time now, A signing ceremony for the deals
major Arab player while they still unpublicized relationship with Israel. between Israel and Bahrain and the
lack a state of their own. On its part, Since its creation as a Jewish state in UAE, which will normalise diplomatic,
Turkey threatened to suspend relations 1948, Israel has been isolated from commercial, security and other
with the UAE after normalization was nearly every other country in the relations, will be held in Washington,
announced. predominantly Muslim Middle East. DC September 15.
Israel’s rival, Iran, has been scathing in Only Egypt and Jordan made peace with “Opening direct dialogue and ties
its criticism. Supreme leader Ayatollah it—26 Mar 1979, sixteen months after between these two dynamic societies
Ali Khamenei saying “the UAE betrayed Sadat’s visit to Israel, the Israel-Egypt and advanced economies will continue
the world of Islam, the Arab nations, the peace treaty was signed in Washington. the positive transformation of the
region’s countries, and Palestine”. Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel Middle East and increase stability,
The United Arab Emirates became the on 26 October 1994, in a ceremony held security, and prosperity in the region,” a
joint statement by the US, Bahrain and
third Arab country to establish full in the Arava valley of Israel, north of Israel said.
diplomatic ties with Israel. For many Eilat, near the Jordanian border. Prime
residents of both countries, the US- Minister Rabin and Prime Minister Israel, establishing normal diplomatic
brokered deal means they can finally Abdelsalam al-Majali signed the treaty ties with Arab countries has long
bring covert business and personal and the President of Israel Ezer Weizman been a strategic goal. It signals greater
relationships into the open. shook hands with King Hussein. acceptance in the Middle East and the
potential for more commercial ties for
UAE and Israel signed agreement Other Arab countries have said they a country that has until now conducted
brokered by the US have come to be would withhold recognition pending very little of its business in its own region.
known as the ‘Abraham Accord’, implying formation of a separate Palestinian With Bahrain having followed in the
that the three parties represented the state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, tracks of UAE, a wave of normalizations
three Abrahamian religions Islam, territories Israel conquered in the 1967 could see Sudan and Qatar join the party.
Judaism and Christianity. war. With these events, experts observe The emir of Qatar, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh
that, with it, prospects for a Palestinian
Ever since US President Donald Trump state are fading even further, particularly Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met US
announced on August 13 that the United with other monarchies like the United President Donald Trump’s senior adviser
Arab Emirates and Israel had agreed to Arab Emirates, agreeing to establish and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in Doha
establish diplomatic ties, there had been normal ties with Israel. September 2, in what could be the first
rife speculation that Bahrain would be steps in following United Arab Emirates
next. Indeed, it came to pass, twenty-six The surprise deal was the product of and Bahrain.
years after Bahrain welcomed an Israeli lengthy discussions between Israel, “During the meeting, they reviewed
delegation for the first time. the UAE and the US that accelerated the close strategic relations between the
recently, with Trump hoping it would State of Qatar and the United States of
The small Gulf archipelago had last bolster his re-election chances. A America, in addition to discussing a
month declared that it was committed joint Israel-UAE statement tweeted number of issues of common concern,
to the creation of a Palestinian state; out by Trump; called the deal a “huge especially the peace process in the
however, with UAE having broken breakthrough”. Israel said it has agreed Middle East region,” Qatar News Agency
the taboo, what happen as expected, to “delay” the annexation of Palestinian reported.

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