Abraham Accords
“Under these agreements, the UAE and Bahrain join Egypt and Jordan in paving the path to peace through recognition and engagement rather than by seeking to isolate and boycott the Jewish state,” said AIPAC.
For its own internal and external reason, the Saudis appear hesitant to make any bold moves, seeing the establishment of a Palestinian state as the basis for discussion.
Former high-ranking Palestinian Authority officials have been pointing to the failures these past 20 years, but the real target of their disapproval is unmistakable: its leader.
The Integrated Business Roundtable, founded with the belief that the path to peace between Israelis and Palestinians will come through investment in high-quality enterprises, held its second annual Israeli-Palestinian Economic Forum.
Emirati Finance Minister Obaid Humaid al-Tayer said the Gulf state sought to establish legal frameworks with Israel “to achieve prosperity for both our economies and our people.”
“We shall remember this day—a glorious day of peace,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the welcoming ceremony at Ben-Gurion International Airport.
The push by the Trump administration for official diplomatic ties between the two nations comes in the wake of the Abraham Accords.
As part of the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords, Jerusalem and Manama sign a joint communique and eight MoUs covering fields such as commerce, IT and agriculture.
It will focus on advancing the Sept. 15 treaty Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi signed in Washington with a particular emphasis on Muslim tourism to Israel, particularly to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.
The joint U.S.-Israel delegation, led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Israel’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, flew to Manama for talks and the signing of a formal peace agreement with the Gulf state.
Firqat Alnoor’s Jewish, Muslim, Druze and Christian musicians are dedicated to promoting Arabic music—and coexistence.
“The Palestinian, Arab and Islamic right is all of Palestine. This is our right, and no one can change our minds in this regard,” says Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri.
