Posted on 09/11/2020 10:02:58 AM PDT by BeauBo
The Gulf state of Bahrain is to normalise relations with Israel, the diplomatic correspondent for Israels public broadcaster Kan said on Friday, without citing sources.
Another Israeli reporter, Raphael Ahren of the Times of Israel, said U.S. President Donald Trump would on Friday announce that Bahrain was joining its neighbour the United Arab Emirates in formally establishing ties with Israel.
The White House had no immediate comment. Trump will on Tuesday host a White House ceremony solemnising the Israel-UAE deal, which was announced on Aug. 13.
The Kan reporter, Amichai Stein, said in a tweet that Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa would be in Washington on Monday...
Last week Bahrain said it would allow flights between Israel and the UAE to use its airspace. This followed a Saudi decision to allow an Israeli commercial airliner to fly over it on the way to the UAE.
Bahrain, a small island state, is a close ally of Saudi Arabia and the site of the U.S. Navys regional headquarters. Riyadh in 2011 sent troops to Bahrain to help quell an uprising and, alongside Kuwait and the UAE, in 2018 offered Bahrain a $10 billion economic bailout.
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Looks like Saudi Arabia will be joining the party at some point.
This is an historic turning point.
It is really happening!
So Nobel #3? LOL! Apparently much easier if you don’t do anything. Re: obxxx
I wonder what OBL must be thinking from the pits of Hell on his anniversary date today? It was pretty much an EPIC FAIL, eh?
Historic indeed.
No one wants to be last to do it. Congrats, Trump admin.
Wonderful news for Israel! And for us, since this can help stabilize things in that region and reduce our risk of getting dragged into any ugly mess there.
Saudi Arabia has been a secret ally of Israel for a long time. it only has to be secret because they don’t want their people to know about it. They are both regional opponents of Iran.
Greta Thunberg can not objectively compete.
And Biden just said Trump puts Israel in great danger......
Yeah. This is all part of his eternal torment.
“Looks like Saudi Arabia will be joining the party at some point.”
The Sunni’s are threatened by Iran and the Shiites.
Rush Limbaugh just broadcasted that President Trump has announced the deal. Sounds official.
That means it’s in our interests to prop up the Shiites like we did in Iraq.
This is not supposed to be happening. How is Trump able to bring peace to the middle east without firing a single bullet whereas other presidents have spent 10s of billions and sacrificed tens of thousands of lives and achieved nothing ??
All of the dominoes are falling into place. I never get tired of winning.
Where have you been these last 4 years.....
It's just Trump Trumping again
Unexpected
Massive
Dims discombobulated all over.
How?
bbb.bbbbbu....bb....bbbut Trump has MEAN TWEETS.
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