Israel normalised relations with long-time foes Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates at a White House ceremony on Tuesday as President Donald Trump said similar US-brokered deals were close between the Jewish state and 'five or six' other nations.
All the four countries at the White House share a common hostility to Iran, which Mr Trump has put under crippling economic and diplomatic pressure.
Mr Trump enjoyed the optics of presiding over a historic breakthrough less than 50 days before election day, which opinion polls suggest he is currently on course to lose. The UAE, meanwhile, has been using the negotiations as part of its campaign to pressure Washington to sell it the cutting edge F-35 warplane."I would have no problem in selling them the F-35," he told Fox News, adding that it would mean"tremendous jobs at home."
Palestinian protesters set fire to Israeli flags and mock coffins representing the Arab Emirates and Bahraini normalisation agreements with Israel.Ahead of the signing ceremony, hundreds of Palestinians protested Tuesday against the normalisation deals with Israel.
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