Bahrain agrees to normalize relations with Israel, Trump announces
The Bahraini foreign minister is expected to participate in the ceremony at the White House together with Netanyahu and the UAE's foreign minister
By REUTERS, OMRI NAHMIAS
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 23:37

Bahrain has joined the United Arab Emirates in striking an agreement to normalize relations with Israel, President Donald Trump said on Friday, a dramatic move aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East.

Trump tweeted out the news after he spoke by phone to both Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said.

Announcement

Trump also tweeted: "Another HISTORIC breakthrough today! Our two GREAT friends Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain agree to a Peace Deal – the second Arab country to make peace with Israel in 30 days!"
"This is a historic breakthrough to further peace in the Middle East," the United States, Bahrain and Israel said in a joint statement.

"Opening direct dialog and ties between these two dynamic societies and advanced economies will continue the positive transformation of the Middle East and increase stability, security, and prosperity in the region," it said.

Netanyahu said the agreement marks a "new era of peace."

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https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/trump-...greement-641961


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Bahrain to Recognize Israel as UAE Deal Set to Be Signed
Bahrain is 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.
By Associated Press, Wire Service Content 
Sept. 11, 2020, at 1:02 p.m.

By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer

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.

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/art...et-to-be-signed

Trump is changing the political landscape in the Middle East using bilateral agreements. So much better than setting up an unelected bureaucracy in Brussels to mange the entire area using one size fits all thinking.

The palestinians who became professional agitators under Arafat are becoming increasingly marginalized.

It's amazing, or perhaps purposeful, that no one before came up with this approach.

Pelosi's snark:

Pelosi on Israel-Bahrain Announcement: ‘Good for’ Trump ‘For Having a Distraction’
Ian Hanchett
11 Sep 2020

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reacted to President Donald Trump’s announcement of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and Bahrain by stating she hopes the agreement and other peace agreements will help the region, and “good for him for having a distraction on a day when the numbers of people who are affected and the numbers of people who are dying from this virus only increased.”

Pelosi said, “Well, hopefully, they will [be] beneficial to the region. We’ve been waiting for a very long time for the president’s proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement that honored the two-state solution. It was coming in two weeks. It was coming in two months. It was coming in six months. It still hasn’t come in any way that has brought peace. So, good for him for having a distraction on a day when the numbers of people who are affected and the numbers of people who are dying from this virus only increased.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/09/...-a-distraction/