Bahrain will be the second Arab country to normalize relations with Israel during the Trump presidency, the White House announced today
Bahrain will be the second Arab country to normalize relations with Israel during the Trump presidency, the White House announced Friday. The news comes only a few weeks after the United Arab Emirates and Israel agreed to normalize relations under a deal brokered by the United States.
Bahrain would be the fourth Arab nation to recognize Israel, which has been treated as a state-non-grata by much of the Arab world for decades.President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Friday to commit to the deal, according to a statement Trump tweeted Friday. King Hamad and Netanyahu thanked Trump for his "pragmatic and unique approach" to bringing the nations together, the statement said.said. "Opening direct dialogue 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." The Bahraini foreign minister will join Netanyahu and representatives of the UAE at the White House next week to sign a declaration of peace, the statement said. The Trump administration has long had its eyes set on brokering a peace agreement in the Middle East, and the White House contends the latest thaws put Trump. Trump was nominated for the prize by a right-wing Norwegian lawmaker for the agreement between the UAE and Israel. "The president is ending endless wars and he is bringing about peace and prosperity, promoting our ally, Israel, normalizing relations with Arab states," Deputy White House press secretary Brian Morgenstern said on Fox News on Friday. "Really tremendous developments and also isolating those who want to do harm and cause violence and dysfunction, isolating actors like Iran."
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