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From the Liveblog of
Sunday, October 25, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Government approves Bahrain normalization deal
The cabinet has approved the normalization deal with the Arab Gulf state of Bahrain.
The deal next requires ratification by the Knesset. A date for that vote has not yet been set.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says government ministers green-lit “preparation of peaceful, diplomatic and friendly relations between the state of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain.”
Sunday’s vote was largely a formality after the two countries last week agreed to establish diplomatic relations in the wake of signing a US-brokered agreement in September. The two countries had long harbored close, clandestine security cooperation over a shared enmity of regional rival Iran.
— AP
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