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Strait of Hormuz. Photo Credit: Wikipedia
July 8, 2026, 9:32 am
US strikes ‘over 80’ Iranian targets after tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz
Iran responded by launching missiles at Bahrain and Kuwait as fighting threatened to unravel the ceasefire
By JN Reporter
The first flight from Israel to the UAE lands in 2020 after the signing of the Abraham Accords.
September 16, 2025, 12:18 pm
OPINION: The UK is betraying the promise of the Abraham Accords
Five years on, the UK could be leading the charge to build a coalition of coexistence that stretches from Jerusalem to Riyadh. It appears to have chosen otherwise
By Claudia Mendoza
Donald Trump during his state visit to Saudi Arabia in May 2025, with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Credit: The White House)
June 27, 2025, 11:17 am
White House expresses hope Syria will join Abraham Accords
Remarks come as Netanyahu's office denies Israeli media story claiming a peace plan for the region was mapped out during a phone call with Trump this week
By Daniel Sugarman
December 15, 2022, 10:01 am
Israel to host first Abraham Accords Esports Peace Games
Tel Aviv will welcome international players to game-changing digital championship.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Left to Right: Pastor Carlos Luna Lam, Rabbi Elie Abadie, Amb. Danny Danon, and Imam Mohammad Tawhidi at the First Annual Abraham Accords Global Leadership Summit in Rome
December 8, 2022, 1:41 pm
Delegates descend on the Eternal City for first annual Abraham Accords summit
Leading figures from religious and political life hear how Saudi Arabia is likely to join Bahrain and the UAE in normalising relations with Israel
By Jewish News Reporter
Israeli President Herzog in Abu Dhabi, December 2022. Photo: Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO)
December 5, 2022, 1:06 pm
President Herzog hails ‘evolving’ space partnership with UAE
The Israeli president flew to UAE after making a historic visit to Bahrain where he met representatives of the Jewish community
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Credit: FemForward
November 29, 2022, 2:25 pm
Women from Abraham Accord countries unite to kickstart tech careers
The initiative, in partnership with the U.S. embassy in Israel and the UAE-Israel Business Council, brings 30 women from Bahrain, UAE and Morocco to Jerusalem and Dubai
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Abraham Accords signing ceremony at The White House on Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA)
June 14, 2022, 2:15 pm
US lawmakers bid for ‘air and missile defence’ alliance with Israel and Arab states
The bipartisan group of senators and House of Representative members was announced last week
By JTA
Left to right: Ambassador Dr. Sheikh Abdallah bin Ahmad Al Khalifa (Undersecretary in Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry), Ambassador Eitan Na'eh, Ambassador Steve Bondy (US Ambassador to Bahrain)
May 27, 2022, 3:06 pm
Bahrain becomes first Gulf council country to host Israeli Independence Day
Ties with Israel come two weeks after inter-faith conference including Jews in Saudi Arabia - and the day after Iraq banned contacts with Israelis, on pain of death
By Toby Porter
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken meeting Israel's Yair Lapid in March 2022 (Photo: Reuters)
March 28, 2022, 1:25 pm
Negev Summit between Abraham Accords states to become a regular event
Speaking alongside his Bahraini, Moroccan, UAE and Egyptian counterparts on Monday, Israel foreign minister Yair Lapid says: 'This meeting is the first of its kind but not the last'
By Shira Hanau (JTA)
Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan pose for a photograph during the Negev Summit in Sde Boker on Monday (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via Reuters)
March 28, 2022, 12:21 pm
Israeli, US and Arab foreign ministers condemn Hadera attack
Israel's Yair Lapid says they agreed the conference would become an annual event
By Michael Daventry
A view of the Jewish cemetery in Manama, Bahrain. (Courtesy of Association of Gulf Jewish Communities)
January 11, 2022, 11:11 am
Communities in the Gulf launch campaign to restore Bahrain’s Jewish cemetery
'We are planting trees in the Jewish cemetery of Bahrain which is akin to bringing life back to those that have lived in the beautiful community'
By JTA
October 28, 2021, 3:13 pm
OPINION: As a Bahraini, I wanted to see Israel with my own eyes
Asma Alatwi reflects on her trip to the Holy Land to celebrate the anniversary of the Abraham Accords
By Asma Alatwi
The first flight from Israel to the UAE lands in 2020 after the signing of the Abraham Accords.
October 26, 2021, 12:32 pm
UK urged to get ‘fully behind’ Abraham Accords
Former minister Robert Jenrick says there is an important role for us and our other allies to help to stiffen the sinews and give the accords lasting impact'
By Lee Harpin
The couple were married at a Manama hotel on Sunday
October 12, 2021, 3:47 pm
Bahrain holds first Jewish wedding in half a century
Fully kosher ceremony involves the son of Houda Nonoo, Bahrain's first Jewish ambassador
By Michael Daventry
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