By David Zwartz on Stuff…
John Minto’s call on our new government and foreign minister [pictured] to adopt his formula for changes in New Zealand’s relations with Israel completely ignores what is now actually happening in the Middle East.
Two Arab states – United Arab Emirates and Bahrain – signed the Abrahamic Accords with Israel on 15 September. They are the first normalisations of relations between Israel and Arab countries since the peace treaties with Egypt (1979) and Jordan (1994).
The full titles of the agreements set out their scope: “Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalisation between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel”; and “Declaration of Peace, Cooperation, and Constructive Diplomatic and Friendly Relations between Bahrain and Israel”.
The accords are named after the patriarch Abraham, regarded as a shared patriarch and prophet by both Islam and Judaism (and Christianity)….
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