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Podcast: Middle East Dossier
Episode: The Gulf and Beyond: Assessing Israel’s Expanding Arab Relations
Description: In the last six months, a flurry of Arab states, including the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco, established diplomatic relations with Israel or announced their intention to do so. The “honeymoon period” for Israel, the UAE, and Bahrain is coming to an end. Sudan and Morocco have yet to finalise details of their recognition of the Jewish state. Israeli and Emiratis basked in the warmth of the receptions that they received in each other’s countries and the prospects of a blossoming security, commercial and trade relationship.
Yet, despite a series of business deals and cooperation agreements in are...