It’s a new era for the Middle East. Tomorrow, leaders from Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain will shake hands and sign formal peace accords at the White House.
This historic event is a byproduct of our work together to strengthen and expand the U.S.-Israel relationship. Peace is possible when Israel is strong and America’s support of the Jewish state is rock-solid.
Watch and share the video below to celebrate this landmark event.
Through our work together over many years, we are seeing a new model of peace, prosperity and cooperation emerge and the old, unproductive paradigm of boycotts and rejectionism collapse.
Tomorrow's historic White House ceremony will take place at 12 p.m. EDT.
Sincerely,
Brian Shankman
Director of Regional Affairs and Development
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AIPAC Briefing: The Latest Insights and Analysis from Israel
Featuring: Lahav Harkov, Senior Contributing Editor at The Jerusalem Post; Haviv Rettig Gur, Senior Analyst at The Times of Israel (41 minutes)
Lahav Harkov and Haviv Rettig Gur offer an update on the latest developments in Israel, including on Israel's historic peace agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
In Arab States’ Embrace, Israelis See a Reshaped Middle East
David M. Halbfinger, The New York Times
Israel’s back-to-back agreements to normalize ties with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, to be marked in a signing ceremony at the White House on Tuesday — and the much-buzzed-about possibility that other Arab nations could follow suit — are causing some Israelis to ask whether a deeper shift may, after years in the making, finally be underway in the Middle East.
Emiratis are ‘Enthusiastic’ About Peace with Israel
Raphael Ahren, The Times of Israel
The people of the United Arab Emirates are full of "excitement and joy" about the normalization of ties with Israel.
In a far-ranging email interview, Hend Al Otaiba, the director of strategic communications at the Emirati Foreign Ministry, described at some length why her country is "enthusiastic" about the peace treaty with the Jewish state, citing the UAE’s commitment to religious pluralism and regional cooperation against mutual threats.
Iran Weighing Plot to Kill U.S. Ambassador to South Africa
Nahal Toosi and Natasha Bertrand, Politico
The Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa to avenge the death of Qassem Soleimani.
Iran’s Islamist leaders have a history of carrying out assassinations beyond their country’s borders, as well as taking hostages.
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