Normalization agreements with Israel: "stand up against Tehran"
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (l) and King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (AFP photo montage).
RONEN ZVULUN, Fayez Nureldine / AFP
By: Florence Thomazeau
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Israel signs this Tuesday, September 15 at the White House historic agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain which upset the balance in the Middle East, and on which Donald Trump is counting to present himself as a "peacemaker" seven weeks before the presidential election American.
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The double diplomatic breakthrough breaks with decades in which it was inconceivable for an Arab country to recognize Israel without a settlement of the Palestinian question.
Only Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994 had broken this taboo.
The Emirates and Bahrain share with Israel a common animosity towards Iran, which is also Washington's number one enemy in the region.
These agreements are a victory for Benjamin Netanyahu and bring Israel closer to its goal of being accepted in the region.
Analysis by Denis Charbit, professor of political science at the Open University of Israel.
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