Digital conference: Gulf Arabs emphasize rapprochement with Israel, disappointment with Palestinians

November 13, 2020

A view of the digital conference: "The Abraham Accords: Towards a New Middle East?" The two-day virtual symposium was held on Oct. 21-22 hosted by the Kohelet Policy Forum, Shiloh Forum and Israel Hayom.

(JNS) - Israelis are, of course, just getting used to the idea of having friendly relations with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain after signing normalization deals with each country in recent days. Even more intriguing to many Israelis is the fact that these Gulf states have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Palestinians' behavior in vetoing every peace overture in the last 20 years.

The Kohelet Policy Forum, Shiloh Forum and the Israel Hayom Israeli daily newspaper teamed up to host a special digital conference on the regional peace process, titled "The Abraham Accords: Toward...

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