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The flags of US, Israel, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain are projected on the ramparts of Jerusalem's Old City on September 15, 2020 in a show of support for Israeli normalisation deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
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The Abraham Accords – Paradigm Shift or Realpolitik?

ISRAEL-POLITICS-UAE-BAHRAIN-US-DIPLOMACY The flags of US, Israel, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain are projected on the ramparts of Jerusalem’s Old City on September 15, 2020 in a show of support for Israeli normalization deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. - The decision by the UAE and Bahrain to normalize ties with Israel breaks with decades of consensus within the Arab world that a peace deal with the Palestinians is a prerequisite for establishing relations with the Jewish state.