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Bahrain

The Sarna family in the United Arab Emirates with Mohamed al Mubarak, chair of the Abu Dhabi department of culture and tourism. (Photo/Courtesy Michelle Waldman Sarna)
Posted inOpinion

What I’ve learned about UAE culture as the chief rabbi’s wife

Michelle Waldman Sarna by Michelle Waldman Sarna October 26, 2020
Sudan's Sovereign Council chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan speaks in the capital Khartoum, Sept. 26, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Ashraf Shazly-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Sudan will normalize ties with Israel, Trump announces

by Ron Kampeas and JTA October 23, 2020
Thousands demonstrate in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square against a plan to annex parts of the West Bank on June 6, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Nir Keidar-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Israel’s new sham ‘peace agreement’ ignores the real issues

Zehava Galon by Zehava Galon September 23, 2020
A boat crosses a sound in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo/Andia-Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Israel’s peace deals with UAE and Bahrain shape a new Middle East

Shlomi Kofman by Shlomi Kofman September 23, 2020
Ebrahim Nonoo’s family in Bahrain in the 1950s. (Photo/Courtesy Nonoo)
Posted inWorld

Jews have lived in Bahrain for 140 years. The country’s peace deal with Israel changes their lives.

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA September 21, 2020September 21, 2020
(From left) UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump at the signing ceremony for the agreements on "normalization of relations" reached between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain at the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. (Photo/JTA-The White House-Tia Dufour-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

The Israel-UAE-Bahrain peace deals, explained

Gabe FriedmanBen Sales by Gabe Friedman, Ben Sales and JTA September 17, 2020
(From left) Bahrain Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, President Donald Trump and UAE Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan participate in the signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Alex Wong-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Details of UAE and Bahrain agreements with Israel released

by Ron Kampeas and JTA September 16, 2020
From left, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Saul Loeb-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Israel officially signs peace treaties with UAE and Bahrain in White House ceremony

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 15, 2020September 15, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa in the Oval Office, Sept. 16, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Mandel Ngan-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Bahrain will normalize ties with Israel, Trump announces

by Ron Kampeas and JTA September 11, 2020September 11, 2020
Jason Greenblatt, the top White House Middle East peace negotiator, second from left, organized shacharit services at Bahrain's synagogue on June 26, 2019. (Photo/Twitter-@jdgreenblatt45)
Posted inNews

Peace conference brings rare minyan to 19th-century Bahrain synagogue

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 26, 2019

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