Abraham Accords
Summing up seven tumultuous years in Washington, the former Israeli ambassador talks Trump, sovereignty and the Abraham Accords—and warns that the world isn’t going to act on the growing Iranian threat.
Ayman al-Zawahiri, long rumored dead, blasts Arab “collaborators” with the U.S. as “Zionist Arabs”—but makes no mention of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Ahead of the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords, some of the resulting benefits of normalization that many don’t know about.
They are scheduled for Mondays and Thursdays starting on Sept. 30.
One year after the Abraham Accords were signed, locals from communities in Gulf states have taken a keen and public interest in the Jewish New Year and its traditions.
The Bahrani Embassy in Israel will play a central role in strengthening bilateral relations and “serve as yet another milestone of the vision of the peace accords signed in 2020.”
“I am honored to announce that I will be arriving in Tel Aviv today to begin my post,” Al Jalahma tweets in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
“Algeria was indeed dismayed at Morocco’s decision to resume diplomatic relations with Israel, and more recently, Algeria criticized Morocco for advocating on Israel’s behalf in gaining observer status in the African Union,” said Sarah Feuer, an expert on Arab politics and fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
“I believe that Iran will have concluded the Biden team is not first-rate and wants to avoid confrontations, so Iran is more likely to test them now than it was six months ago,” said Elliott Abrams, who served as Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela during the Donald Trump administration.
Trade between Israel and the United Arab Emirates alone has reached nearly $600 million; it’s expected to reach $1 billion by the end of the year.
Dr. Ali Al Nuaimi, chairman of Defense, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee at the UAE Federal National Council, in a special interview marking the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords.
Business, governmental and academic ties are blossoming between Israel and the UAE a year after normalization began.
