On September 15th Israel and America celebrated the third anniversary of the Abraham Accords. I personally was working with both American and Israeli officials on celebrating in Israel the unprecedented agreements between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco. The actual event was supposed to take place this week.
The Abraham Accords which were orchestrated by the Trump Administration seemed to be spreading throughout the Middle East and the Region. Sudan had signed on to the declarative portion of the Accords, Oman welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2018, and Saudi Arabia was close to joining the Accords. Saudi Arabia allowed an Air Seychelles plane carrying 128 passengers, many Israeli, flying to Tel Aviv on August 28th to land in Jeddah because of an electrical issue.
This had never happened before but was a strong indication as to the positive direction the two countries were moving and headed. Israel Tourism Minister Haim Katz was the first Israeli cabinet member to visit Saudi Arabia on September 26th. He was warmly received.




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