The United States played an important role in the negotiations between Israel and the other two Arab states. For Trump, according to a number of observers, the agreement is a significant success, from which he will want to benefit only less than two months before the presidential election, in which he seeks to defend the seat.
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“We are changing the course of history this morning. After decades of division and conflict, a new dawn of the Middle East is coming, “Trump said in a speech from the south balcony of the White House.
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“This day will be marked as a focal point of history,” praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Others may follow
Israel announced an agreement to establish diplomatic relations with the UAE in mid-August. It has not gone without criticism, as Arab countries have so far made the recognition of Israel conditional on the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, which the UAE is circumventing the agreement, and “threw the Palestinians overboard,” as Turkey and Iran have said.
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In the agreement, Israel promised to end plans for the annexation of the West Bank.
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People in the West Bank protested against Tuesday’s agreement. According to the participants in the demonstration, which took place in Nablus and Hebron and is also planned for Ramallah, these agreements mean betrayal of the Palestinians.
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After Egypt and Jordan, the UAE and Bahrain will only become the third and fourth Arab countries to have diplomatic relations with Israel.
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Trump spoke on Tuesday of five or six other countries that could follow suit, but did not specify them. It is generally assumed that these could include Oman, Sudan and Morocco.
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