{"id":326304,"date":"2020-09-12T07:25:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T07:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=326304"},"modified":"2020-09-12T07:25:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T07:25:48","slug":"president-trump-announces-peace-deal-between-israel-and-bahrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/president-trump-announces-peace-deal-between-israel-and-bahrain\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump announces peace deal between Israel and Bahrain"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that Israel and Bahrain have reached a landmark deal to establish full diplomatic relations. The second such agreement between Israel and an Arab nation in less than one month.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Israel and Bahrain have committed to begin the exchange of embassies and ambassadors, start direct flights between their countries, and launch cooperation initiatives across a broad range of sectors. This peace deal is a significant step forward for both Israel and Bahrain. It further enhances their security while creating opportunities for them to deepen their economic ties. This deal comes on the heels of the historic normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are the first Arab nations to normalize relations with Israel in more than 25 years. The United States will continue to support the people of Bahrain as they work to counter-terrorism and extremism, develop economically, and build new peaceful partnerships across the region,” White House said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

What President Trump said on the deal<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Thank you very much. Just a few moments ago, I hosted a historic call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and King Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain. Both leaders expressed their condolences as well to the American people on this very, very tragic, horrible event that took place on September 11th. And they very much meant it. I want to thank them for that.<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s no more powerful response to the hatred that spawned 9\/11 than the agreement that we\u2019re about to tell you. You will hear something today that\u2019s, I think, very, very important for not only the Middle East but for the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the spirit of peace and cooperation, both leaders also agreed that Bahrain will fully normalize its diplomatic relations with Israel. They will exchange embassies and ambassadors, begin direct flights between their countries, and launch cooperation initiatives across a broad range of sectors, including health, business, technology, education, security, and agriculture. This is a truly historic day.<\/span><\/p>\n

There have been two peace agreements with Israel in the last 72 years. This is now the second peace agreement that we have announced in the last month, and I am very hopeful that there will be more to follow. I can tell you there\u2019s tremendous enthusiasm on behalf of other countries to also join. And we think, ultimately, you\u2019ll have most countries join, and you\u2019re going to have the Palestinians in a very good position. They want to come in \u2014 they\u2019re going to want to come in because all of their friends are in. But we have tremendous enthusiasm for coming into the deal.<\/span><\/p>\n

I want to thank the group of very talented people behind me, and you\u2019re going to be hearing from them in a second. But it\u2019s just a very historic day, a very important day, and so interesting that it\u2019s on 9\/11. It\u2019s such a great time. We didn\u2019t know this was going to happen in terms of the timing, but it did happen, and we\u2019re very honored by it.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I took office, the Middle East was in a state of absolute chaos. I\u2019ve restored trust with our regional partners, and together we\u2019ve eliminated the ISIS caliphate 100 percent; isolated the radicals who pervert Islam and sow instability. Today, nations across the region and throughout the world are joining together, united in their determination to build a better future, free from the evils which perpetuate terror. And I think you see that. I think you see that happening very, very strongly.<\/span><\/p>\n

I also spoke with King Salman of Saudi Arabia, and we talked about this, and he is \u2014 he\u2019s a great gentleman. And what they\u2019ve done in terms of fighting terror is a much different ballgame than it was before we attained this office. The fact is that Saudi Arabia was doing things that they\u2019re not doing anymore, and so are other countries and neighbors. They are doing things that they just would never have done. Their levels and their \u2014 all of the things \u2014 all of the many, many elements of fighting and hate, they seem to be evaporating. And we\u2019ll find out very soon. But they seem to be evaporating.<\/span><\/p>\n

So things are happening in the Middle East that nobody thought was even possible to think about, and that\u2019s what\u2019s going on right now. Bahrain has agreed to join Israel and the United Arab Emirates for \u2014 and, by the way, I want to thank Mohammed, who\u2019s a great leader, a truly great leader \u2014 at the White House on Tuesday. So they\u2019ll be here on Tuesday for the signing of the Abraham Accords. The significance of the signing will be elevated from an already historic breakthrough to one representing a previously unthinkable regional transformation. And that\u2019s exactly what it is. It\u2019s unthinkable that this could happen, and so fast.<\/span><\/p>\n

And, as you know, when we did the original signing with \u2014 and which will actually take place in terms of official on Tuesday \u2014 United Arab Emirates, people thought that was amazing. And now they\u2019re hearing this, and they\u2019re also hearing from other countries because they understand that other countries want to very much come in.<\/span><\/p>\n

On this occasion, I want to thank the leaders of Israel and Bahrain for their vision and courage to forge this historic agreement. Their leadership is proving that the future can be filled with hope and does not need to be predetermined by conflicts of the past. You know all about the conflicts of the past; they\u2019re very legendary. There was a lot of problems going on, but we\u2019ve been able to work things out to a level that nobody thought possible. This is really something very special \u2014 very, very special.<\/span><\/p>\n

As more countries normalize relations with Israel \u2014 which will happen quite quickly, we believe \u2014 the region will become more and more stable, secure, and prosperous.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the meantime, we\u2019re pulling most of our soldiers out. So we\u2019re 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\u2019re going to see that a lot of that sand is going to be loaded up with peace.<\/span><\/p>\n

The United States will continue to stand with the people of the region and work with them, and build a brighter and much more hopeful future.<\/span><\/p>\n

So we\u2019re very proud of this. And as time goes by, I think you\u2019ll see more and more why. I think most of you realize how important it is. Even the New York Times, who was very generous in their praise of the original deal, and they never thought \u2014 I think nobody thought this was going to happen so quickly after the first.<\/span><\/p>\n

But they\u2019ll both be here on Tuesday. They\u2019re going to be signing. Benjamin Netanyahu will be here. The Prime Minister will be here \u2014 Israel. And we look forward to that.”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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