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A flag of the United Nations flies at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on August 14, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up the document after participating in the signing of the Abraham Accords where the countries of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognize Israel, at the White House on Sept. 15, 2020
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U.S. President Donald Trump (2nd L), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) and Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (2nd R) on Sept. 15, 2020.
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Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Foreign Affairs Minister of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan participate in the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the
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Former director of Israel’s Budgets Department Shaul Meridor at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on September 23, 2019.
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A U.S., Emirati, Israeli and Bahraini flag fly over a road in Netanya, Israel, Sept. 13.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech following a cabinet meeting, in Ankara, on June 9, 2020
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U.S. President Donald Trump receives Iraq’s PM Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., Aug. 20, 2020.
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An Ethiopian Christian prays outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, April 19, 2020.
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
