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Bahrain to normalise ties with Israel, Israeli media say
Reuters ^ | September 11, 2020 | Reuters Staff

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 Israel’s 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. Navy’s 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: abrahamaccords; bahrain; braking; mideastpeace; mohammedbinzayed; oldnews; uae; unitedarabemirates
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No way that Bahrain is doing this without approval from Saudi Arabia.

Looks like Saudi Arabia will be joining the party at some point.

This is an historic turning point.

1 posted on 09/11/2020 10:02:58 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: SJackson

It is really happening!


2 posted on 09/11/2020 10:04:20 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

So Nobel #3? LOL! Apparently much easier if you don’t do anything. Re: obxxx


3 posted on 09/11/2020 10:04:23 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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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?


4 posted on 09/11/2020 10:05:56 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: BeauBo

Historic indeed.


5 posted on 09/11/2020 10:07:40 AM PDT by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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No one wants to be last to do it. Congrats, Trump admin.


6 posted on 09/11/2020 10:07:52 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: BeauBo

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.


7 posted on 09/11/2020 10:07:59 AM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: BeauBo

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.


8 posted on 09/11/2020 10:08:20 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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As Rick Grenell pointed out, the credibility of the Nobel Committee is at stake.

Greta Thunberg can not objectively compete.


9 posted on 09/11/2020 10:08:54 AM PDT by BeauBo
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And Biden just said Trump puts Israel in great danger......


10 posted on 09/11/2020 10:09:56 AM PDT by mplc51
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yeah. This is all part of his eternal torment.


11 posted on 09/11/2020 10:10:15 AM PDT by Gamecock ("O God, break the teeth in their mouths." - Psalm 58:6)
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To: BeauBo
I like that the Palestinians were smacked down in the Arab League when they wanted to condemn the Israel/UAE peace treaty.
12 posted on 09/11/2020 10:10:50 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (In 2016 Obama ended America's 220 year tradition of peaceful transfer of power after an election.)
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“Looks like Saudi Arabia will be joining the party at some point.”

The Sunni’s are threatened by Iran and the Shiites.


13 posted on 09/11/2020 10:11:24 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Cloward-Piven is finally upon us.)
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To: SJackson

Rush Limbaugh just broadcasted that President Trump has announced the deal. Sounds official.


14 posted on 09/11/2020 10:15:37 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: EQAndyBuzz

That means it’s in our interests to prop up the Shiites like we did in Iraq.


15 posted on 09/11/2020 10:16:38 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: BeauBo

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 ??


16 posted on 09/11/2020 10:16:40 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: BeauBo

All of the dominoes are falling into place. I never get tired of winning.


17 posted on 09/11/2020 10:18:43 AM PDT by rdl6989
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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 ??

Where have you been these last 4 years.....

It's just Trump Trumping again

Unexpected

Massive

Dims discombobulated all over.

18 posted on 09/11/2020 10:20:37 AM PDT by spokeshave (White Confederate statue kills black man......Another month of protests.... (HT to seawolf101))
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To: mplc51

How?


19 posted on 09/11/2020 10:23:03 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: rdl6989

bbb.bbbbbu....bb....bbbut Trump has MEAN TWEETS.


20 posted on 09/11/2020 10:26:18 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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