"Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

The new Kotel brochures in Arabic were produced in honor of the Abraham Accords signed with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and countries which will hopefully follow in their footsteps.

“This is a statement to the world that we are real brothers, we are real friends and we want to do business together and live in peace."

The signers committed to teaching what unites Jews and Arabs and will become hubs of people-to-people cooperation and partnerships.

Ashkenazi: "The ‘blame game’ era is over. We are at the dawn of a new era. An era of peace.”

“Our relationship, for example, with the normalization with Israel really opened a whole huge [set of] attacks from some other activists against the UAE.”

“The ministry is committed to the Bahraini government’s unwavering stance regarding adherence to the resolutions of the United Nations.”

“We are crumbling the Israeli-Arab conflict and turning it into Israeli-Arab cooperation.”

Peter Beinart, your Chanukah spin has started early.

Sudan has made it clear that without legislation that would grant it immunity from legal action over its terrorist past, ties will not be upgraded.

Israeli FM: "The UAE is not our enemy, we are not sharing a border or past hostilities. So, we are OK with that."

“This was really a priority of the Trump administration since the day it began,” said U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. “It was a shocking surprise that was four years in the making, and I think the momentum will continue.”

Israir, Arkia and El Al Airlines are all scheduled to begin flights to the UAE within the next month.

"The Institute will teach Emiratis, business people and those living in the UAE “how to do business with Israelis.”

As of 2019, according to Rabbi Marc Schneier, it is estimated that about 150 families—some 3,000 Jews, live and pray freely in the UAE.

“There is a great opening here for trade, the economy and tourism that, in effect, makes for a truly new and different Middle East,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“How can Saudi Arabia educate Saudi youth of the mutual benefits of promoting relations with Israel if Israel is not even shown on the Saudi maps?” asked ZOA national president Mort Klein.

It should be noted that acts of terrorism in Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates are an extremely rare event.

"I am highly confident that many, many more nations will ultimately choose to do the right thing and recognize Israel as the rightful homeland of the Jewish people."

Nobel laureate Lord David Trimble calls for the two leaders to be granted the award for their “far-reaching achievements, courageous leadership and relentless pursuit of peace.”

In October 1998, Trimble and Catholic leader John Hume were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.

"This was our second conversation; it was very friendly."

Steinitz and Aoun have been exchanging messages via Twitter.

Bin Salman fears that his father would block an agreement that does not promote the establishment of a Palestinian state.

To which one follower replied: "Tell Palestinians to stop lobbing rockets and maybe it could work."

This is what the Palestinian Authority can expect from the Biden-Harris administration.

"As a show of gratitude and appreciation, we at Psagot Winery produced a limited edition of wine named Pompeo."

Sen. Chris Murphy said the UAE has violated past arms sales agreements, resulting in US arms ending up with militia groups.

Israel and Bahrain signed the Abraham Accords on the White House lawns on September 15, the first peace agreement between Israel and an Arab country in 25 years.

Such a link would be “shorter, faster, cheaper and safer” than currently used trade routes, says the Bank of Israel.

The flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi will be scheduled to enable connections to Australia, India, Thailand and China.