Trump to announce Bahrain joining UAE in normalizing ties with Israel

[Calista241]

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Source: Axios

The White House will announce later today that Bahrain is joining the United Arab Emirates in normalizing ties with Israel, senior Israeli and Arab officials tell Axios, and a Trump administration official confirmed.

Driving the news: Israeli officials say that in the last two weeks, the White House has been pressing Bahrain to follow the UAE, which announced last month that it would open full diplomatic relations with Israel.

President Trump’s senior adviser Jared Kushner and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Manama recently and asked the King and Crown Prince of Bahrain to normalize relations with Israel, sources tell Axios.
Why it matters: The expected deal is a win for the Trump administration, which has sought to broker Middle East peace and strengthen ties with Israel.

It's also a major breakthrough for Israel, which lacks diplomatic recognition in many Middle Eastern countries but has been steadily improving relations in the Gulf, largely due to mutual antipathy toward Iran.


Read more: https://www.axios.com/bahrain-israel-uae-trump-white-house-peace-80fe7bdc-24f3-44e7-8050-c38879efb17f.html

[Turbineguy]

1. The final abandonment of

the Palestinians?

[Calista241]

2. I bet he's trying to get the Saudi's to make an announcement before the election also.

Which will finalize a major realignment for ME politics.

[machoneman]

3. And hopefully not give, even his ardent followers, a damn about it.

Only the D.C. crowd and some evangelical types care at all. Heck, the evangelicals were already going to vote for the OrangeLoser anyway. No new votes.

Gotta love the fact that his pull back on ad spending and manical focus on his base both distract from any effort to convince independents and others to vote for him.

[yaesu]

4. a nothin burger, tRump paying off the right people with tax money to help with his election. nt

[lonely bird]

5. Bullshit

This had nothing to do with the theocrat and the half-wit.

This is quid pro quo. Follow the money.

[Omaha Steve]

6. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

Anticipatory, no news has actually happened yet.