WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden’s administration will meet on Friday with Israeli and Arab leaders to celebrate the normalization agreement seen by Donald Trump a year ago, calling it a step towards peace with the Palestinians.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s virtual meeting with his counterparts from Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco marks the former President Trump’s full embrace of what he sees as one of his top foreign policy legacies.
State Department spokesman Ned Price said the administration was “thrilled to celebrate” the anniversary of the Abraham Agreement, using the name given to him by the Trump administration before the Biden team left.
“We strongly support these agreements and look forward to pursuing other opportunities to increase cooperation between Israel and countries around the world,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
“We also hope that as Israel and other countries in the region join in a shared effort to build bridges and create new avenues for dialogue and exchange, we will advance the peace dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians. will continue.” have been successful in making concrete progress towards the goal of
Critics of Trump’s approach accused him of pursuing Arab reconciliation with Israel as an alternative to meaningful efforts to advance the rights of Palestinians, who refused mediation by the previous administration, which it viewed as biased. was seen in as was seen.
We are celebrating the one year anniversary of the signing of #AbrahamAccords A subsequent agreement between the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco to normalize relations with Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain. Mazel Tov & Mabrouk! pic.twitter.com/PBavZG63q2
— Ned Price (@StateDeptSpox) September 14, 2021
Trump’s support of Israel broke long-standing taboos in Middle East diplomacy, including moving the US embassy to the hotly contested Jerusalem, which almost no other country has as the capital of the Jewish state. does not give recognition. gives.
The United Arab Emirates, followed by Bahrain and Morocco, became the first Arab state to normalize relations with Israel in decades, having previously reached peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan.
Notably absent from Friday’s commemoration will be Sudan, whose new civilian-backed government – desperate for US support – promised Trump last October to move forward with Israel, but has been hesitant because of public opposition. Is.
Biden’s National Security Council director for the Middle East, Barbara Leif, told Jewish leaders last month that the White House was working on bringing the Sudan-Israel deal “on the finish line” but that no progress had been made.
Sudanese protesters burn Israeli flags during a rally against the signing of their country’s recent agreement on normalizing relations with the Jewish state outside cabinet offices in the capital Khartoum on January 17, 2021 (Ashraf Shajli/AFP)
Sudan on Monday declined an invitation from the Israeli mission to the United Nations to participate in a one-year anniversary event with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco. However, its ambassador to the US, Nureldin Satti, was present at a similar event on Tuesday organized by Jared Kushner, a former senior adviser to Trump. However, he quickly dropped out, managing to avoid a group photo of representatives of the countries involved in the normalization agreements.
Arab states’ warmth for Israel came as Trump broke long-standing US policy by promising the United Arab Emirates state-of-the-art F-35 warplanes and recognition of Morocco’s claims to Western Sahara.
Biden has not changed any of the decisions, although his administration says it is overseeing the sale to the Emirati military.
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