#BREAKING: Israel and Bahrain have signed an agreement on establishing diplomatic ties (Pic: @sharonidan) pic.twitter.com/SJrytT7ZZw

— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) October 18, 2020

#BREAKING: US @stevenmnuchin1 tells reporters onboard #LY973 that "we are working on other normalization deals, and I'm sure there will be more announcments"

— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) October 18, 2020

• Steven Mnuchin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu´s national security adviser, Meir Ben-Shabbat departed from Tel Aviv on Sunday


• Ben-Shabbat said ahead of departure the visit will ‘translate plans to actions and concrete agreements’ with the signing of a range of deals


• Another Israeli official said the visit represents the official establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries


• The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain became only the third and fourth Arab states to agree to normalise ties with Israel


• The Palestinians have condemned the Gulf agreements with Israel as ‘a stab in the back’ for their aspirations to establish an independent state