Trump Announces Bahrain Will Normalize Relations With Israel in Oval Office

(Sept. 11) Bahrain has become the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by US President Donald Trump and his administration to fully integrate the Jewish state into the Middle East.

Trump announced the agreement on Friday, following a three-way phone call he had with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The three leaders also issued a brief six-paragraph joint statement, attesting to the deal.

"It took us 26 years between the second peace agreement with an Arab country and the third, but only 29 days between the third and the fourth, and there will be more," Netanyahu said, referring to the 1994 peace treaty with Jordan and the more recent agreements.

The announcement on the 19th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks came less than a week before Trump hosts a White House ceremony to mark the establishment of full relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Bahrain's foreign minister will attend the event.

It represents another diplomatic win for Trump less than two months before the presidential election and an opportunity to shore up support among pro-Israel evangelical Christians.

Just last week, Trump announced agreements in principle for Kosovo to recognize Israel and for Serbia to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

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[veemon]

A republican president filing peace treaties on the middle east on 9/11. It doesn't get more awesome than this. The democrats must be scrambling now

[mikehillsgrove]

You know that Pelosi and the Democrats will hate that.

[Andy-dffj]

Trump rocks. Despite all the continuous vitriol thrown at him by the global swamp, he proves himself over and over to be the best president we've had in decades.

[AmericanPatriot-dniy]

For all the craziness of the Trump administration he has accomplished alot and im willing to put up with a few more unorthodox years of politics if we keep getting stuff like this and tax cuts. Maybe entitlement reform someday?

[cyberangel]

People everywhere want to be at peace.

[jerryp]

Press appropriately praising Trump on this amazing peace accord. Oh,

[deborahhernandez]

" AND WHEN THEY SAY PEACE AND SAFETY, SUDDEN DISTRUCTION!!!

[tannerblacklidge]

Woohoo!! Peace is upon us! Thank you Donald Trump for bringing our men and women home and bringing peace to a region of the world that has not known it for some time! Praise God!

[nike]

Big difference about attitude, Trump gets the job done. Old guard spoke for years about doing it? Yes we are getting it done? Actions speak louder than words.

[mcdouche]

Dude is literally bringing peace to the middle east.

[kumuppins]

How can anybody do a thumbs down on a big peace deal? Horrid people!

[nl]

Trump and Kushner are making it happen. Men of actions. Not like those typical career politicians running their mouths. 🇺🇸🕊️🕍💒

[julieanne]

If you want peace vote Trump out. Biden 2020.

[moiseshuerta]

Biden in the meantime in his basement.

[mrsneecydavis]

He lost the peace agreement in the United States 🇺🇸 if he don’t help us we’re struggling our kids are going hungry wtf

[tammyplowman]

Where is our stimulus checks and unemployment relief

[PrimalStar]

"God Bless President Trump" 🇺🇲🇺🇲

[LauraCourtneyette]

The orange man belongs on an orange jumpsuit

[thegreatest]

This has no effect what's so ever on the real conflict that he claimed he can easily solve and that's between Israel and Palestine.

[currymysterio]

TRUMP : "Well maybe I don't want to be the bad guy anymore!"