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Bahrain to Recognize Israel as UAE Deal Set to Be Signed; Latest Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Donald Trump
Associated Press via US News and World Report ^ | 09/11/2020 | BY MATTHEW LEE

Posted on 09/11/2020 10:19:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bahrain has become the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Donald Trump and his administration to fully integrate the Jewish state into the Middle East.

Trump announced the agreement on Friday, following a three-way phone call he had with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The three leaders also issued a brief six-paragraph joint statement, attesting to the deal.

The announcement on the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks came less than a week before Trump hosts a White House ceremony to mark the establishment of full relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Bahrain’s foreign minister will attend the event.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abrahamaccords; bahrain; israel; mohammedbinzayed; normalization; searchandfind; uae; unitedarabemirates
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1 posted on 09/11/2020 10:19:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Can we get a Pulitzer Prize hat trick?


2 posted on 09/11/2020 10:20:15 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: SeekAndFind

MAGA. Winning.

Are you tired of winning yet?


3 posted on 09/11/2020 10:20:19 AM PDT by Forgiven_Sinner (Seek you first the kingdom of God, and all things will be given to you.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The ‘normalization’ of relations with Israel by Arab nations is an amazing feat. I am wondering what the incentive was that has finally changed their minds.


4 posted on 09/11/2020 10:20:55 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is sure gonna hurt Trump’s Nobel chances...


5 posted on 09/11/2020 10:21:45 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Posted at the same time!


6 posted on 09/11/2020 10:23:03 AM PDT by RandFan (3C)
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To: Magnum44

Like I said on the other thread he’s in New Yorker. He brought Luca Brasi with him to each signing.

And it’s working great :-)


7 posted on 09/11/2020 10:25:02 AM PDT by dp0622 (I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE COVID GODFATHER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Nobel Peace Prize winner will be announced Friday, October 9, 2020, so this is well before the November 3 election. Hee hee.


8 posted on 09/11/2020 10:26:45 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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4 The ‘normalization’ of relations with Israel by Arab nations is an amazing feat. I am wondering what the incentive was that has finally changed their minds.

Iran(Shia)/Russia/China vs. KSA(Sunni)/UAE+? vs. Turkey/Erodgan/new Ottoman Caliphate.

Any alliance with any Muslim nation is temporary until they re-gain the advantage. Then the jihad is back on. Same as WWII allies with the USSR.

9 posted on 09/11/2020 10:30:41 AM PDT by MacNaughton
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To: SeekAndFind

I would love to read the back story on these historic peace deals. Did this have something to do with the efforts of Jared Kushner? He has received no small amount of grief on this forum.


10 posted on 09/11/2020 10:31:24 AM PDT by I-ambush (Got arrested for inciting a peaceful riot)
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RE: I am wondering what the incentive was that has finally changed their minds.

Trump simply IGNORED the whining of the PLO, HAMAS and the rest of the Palestinian politicians who never wanted to negotiate peace anyway. Why? Because of ONE important issue they would rather die for rather than consent to -— RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL AS A SOVEREIGN NATION.

Trump simply said, it’s a waste of time to involve the Palestinians in any peace talks, so he did two things:

1) Withdrew American aid money from the PLO

2) Simply by-passed the Palestinians altogether.


11 posted on 09/11/2020 10:32:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Magnum44

The Gulf states fear the Iranian mullahs and recognize Trump’s policies of defunding and defanging Iran. Israel also sees Iran and its pawns as an evil extinction level threat. The ancient adage asserts itself here. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.


12 posted on 09/11/2020 10:33:30 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: SeekAndFind

Promises made promises kept!


13 posted on 09/11/2020 10:36:45 AM PDT by Don Corleone (The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is what is possible when they go around Saudi Arabia. Which comes directly from energy independence.


14 posted on 09/11/2020 10:37:30 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Forgiven_Sinner

At this point Iran may blink. Perhaps before the election. If the dominoes continue to tumble like this they’ll be badly outflanked.


15 posted on 09/11/2020 10:38:22 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Thats an interesting proposition. So you are saying it wasnt these Arab nations fault that Israeli recognition was impossible to come by previously, but rather an insistence by prior administrations that the Palestinians be part of any agreement? I'd like to have a fact check on that but I can see how that may be a possibility.

As an aside, I wonder if the world map at the UN will now feature the state of Israel, which some previous versions seem to omit.

16 posted on 09/11/2020 10:39:06 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Magnum44

They are threatened by Iran. They want to chanfe the game before a potential Biden oresidency puts Iran back on track to head the new Califate.


17 posted on 09/11/2020 10:39:11 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud?)
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To: xkaydet65

Recognition of right to exist is a major step. I think its more than what you describe. Those conditions you describe have existed a lot in recent decades. Its something else I think. Something about Trumps approach.


18 posted on 09/11/2020 10:40:58 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Amazing how moving our embassy to Jerusalem totally destroyed any credibility we had in the Middle East!


19 posted on 09/11/2020 10:41:02 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: Yo-Yo

>>>This is sure gonna hurt Trump’s Nobel chances...<<<

Has Barry and Biden taken credit for this yet?


20 posted on 09/11/2020 10:41:59 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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