US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Emirati and Bahraini foreign ministers walk out to the balcony to furious applause and a standing ovation.
“We’re here this afternoon to change the course of history,” says Trump.
This is the “dawn of a new Middle East,” says the US president.
He says more peace treaties will follow.
President Trump hosts the Abraham Accords ceremony, September 15, 2020, as (from left) Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani look on. (White House screenshot)
Trump says the three countries will open embassies and increase cooperation in a range of areas.
“They’re going to work together, they are friends,” he says.
Trump says the deal opens the doors to Muslims to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
The deals set the course for regional peace, “something that nobody thought was possible, certainly not in this day and age, maybe decades from now,” adds Trump.
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