Bahrain, Sudan May Follow UAE In Making Peace With Israel, Minister Says
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People wearing protective masks in Tel Aviv.
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Bahrain and Sudan will likely be first to follow the United Arab Emirates’ lead and agree to make peace with Israel, the Israeli intelligence minister said, as momentum toward normalized relations grew on diplomatic and economic fronts.
Israel’s president, building on the drama of the moment, invited the UAE’s de facto leader, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, to visit Jerusalem -- a trip that no other senior Gulf leader is known to have made since Israel’s founding.