Middle East
Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa issued a royal decree appointing Khalid Al Jalahma to head the Gulf country’s diplomatic mission to Israel.
“The United States will continue to work with Israel and the UAE as we strengthen all aspects of our partnerships and work to create a more peaceful, secure, and prosperous future for all the peoples of the Middle East,” said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Lapid thanked the UAE’s leaders for their “vision and inspiration” as well as Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “the architect of the Abraham Accords,” former U.S. President Donald Trump and current U.S. President Joe Biden.
The “Arab Alliance” heads discussed the need to “intensify consultation and coordination” on regional issues • Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Baghdad was the first by an Egyptian president in decades.
The legislation recognizes that new Israeli-Arab partnerships align with U.S. national interests.
“The fragile government does not have a mandate from the public to deal with the peace process,” said Ido Zelkovitz, head of the Middle East Studies program at the Max Stern Yezreel Valley College and a research fellow at the University of Haifa.
“No matter what your views on Israel, using Nazi imagery to describe it is not only inaccurate and offensive, but deeply anti-Semitic,” said Scott Richman, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League NY/NJ.
Israelis think of the desert area as its “Wild West,” a place where sovereignty is more honored in the breach, and where concerns center on crime and national security. For the government, the biggest challenge is bringing to heel unregulated Bedouin building on state land.
Mansour Abbas pushes back against outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s accusation that the incoming government has ‘’sold the Negev to the Bedouin.”
“The Palestinian people in Gaza are suffering because of Hamas, not the Israelis,” said H.E. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi.
“Science will play a much bigger role in our thinking going forward. It is only possible when you have successful technological countries, like the UAE and Israel, in the region come together,” said United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Called “AJC Abu Dhabi: The Sidney Lerner Center for Arab-Jewish Understanding,” it will be led by former ambassador Marc Sievers.
