Another deal at the White House: Israel normalises reports with Emirates and Bahrain

The agreement was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign affairs ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan Abraham and Khalid bin Al Khalifa.

Trump, who hopes these historic agreements will lead to a new order of power in the Middle East and strengthen his image as a peacemaker ahead of the US presidential elections, declared the “birth of a new Middle East” at the signing ceremony.

“We are here today to change the course of history. After decades of divisions and conflicts, we are marking the dawn of a new Middle East,” said Trump.

Hundreds of people saw the signing ceremony of bilateral agreements formalising the normalisation of already improved relations between Israel and two Arab states, in line with their joint opposition to Iran.

The agreements have nothing to do with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. While the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and other Arab countries support Palestinians, the Trump administration has managed to convince the two countries not to allow this conflict to prevent them from having normal relations with Israel.