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US President Donald Trump has announced that another Middle Eastern country, Bahrain, has reached a “historic” agreement with Israel after the United Arab Emirates.
“Bahrain will be the second Arab country to establish peace with Israel in the next 30 days,” he said in a tweet.
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The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has called Bahrain’s agreement with Israel a “betrayal” of the Palestinians, saying that “this agreement is another stab of the betrayal of the Palestinians.”
Over the past decades, most Arab countries have boycotted Israel. They demanded that relations be established with the country only if the dispute with the Palestinians is resolved.
But breaking that continuity, the UAE agreed last month to normalize relations with Israel as the first country.
Since then, many members of the international community had expected Bahrain to follow in the footsteps of the United Arab Emirates.
Trump unveiled a Middle East peace plan last January aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Egypt and Jordan recognized Israel, which was established in 1948 to occupy Palestinian territory. Although Jordan put it off a few years later.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the agreement with another Arab country as “very exciting” and said a new era of peace had begun. Peace for peace. Economy for the economy. So far we have invested in peace. This time peace will reverse for us.
However, this diplomatic move has an undercurrent of regional animosity between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Decades of conflict between the two countries have been exacerbated by religious differences. Saudi Arabia leads a Sunni doctrine of two main branches of Islam. And Iran is run by Shiite ideology.
The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are allies of Saudi Arabia. Collectively, they have expressed solidarity with Israel’s concerns about Iran. As a result, there has been informal communication between them.
After Bahrain, the response from Saudi Arabia will now be closely monitored. Many believe that Saudi Arabia will be prepared to follow in the footsteps of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
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