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| Bahrain will be fourth Arab country to recognize Israel |
| 2020-09-12 |
| [NYPOST] The island kingdom of Bahrain on Friday became the fourth Arab country to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel — and the second as part of a Trump administration peace initiative. Bahrain follows the United Arab Emirates’ decision last month to recognize Israel’s statehood. "It’s just a very historic day, a very important day — and so interesting that it’s on 9/11," President Trump told news hounds in the Oval Office. "There’s no more powerful response to the hatred that spawned 9/11." Trump said the agreement would further peace in the Middle East as he orders a drawdown of US troops, including in Iraq. "When I took office, the Middle East was in a state of absolute chaos," Trump said. "As more countries normalize relations with Israel, which will happen quite quickly, we believe, the region will become more and more stable, secure and prosperous," he said. "In the meantime, we’re pulling most of our soldiers out. So we’re doing it the opposite way. They were doing it with nothing but fighting and blood all over the place. The sand was loaded up with blood. And now you’re going to see that a lot of that sand is going to be loaded up with peace." Trump also told news hounds, "I can see a lot of good things happening with respect to the Paleostinians," and that he even feels something "very positive" can happen with Iran, against which Trump recently escalated sanctions to deter its nuclear program and interventions in regional civil wars.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Just amazing. The Israelis and Arabs have been at war with each other since before I was born (I'm 71.) And now there is peace. In a sane world, Donald Trump would be the toast of the town. |
| Posted by: Tom 2020-09-12 18:31 |
| #1 Happy, happy! Joy, joy! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB 2020-09-12 08:16 |