During a panel held as part of the "Abraham Agreements" conference, it was noted that citizens of the Emirates and Bahrain see themselves as Bahraini and Emirates, and not just as "Arabs" or "Muslims"
The identification of Arab countries:
Yesterday (Thursday) a panel chaired by Carolyn Glick was held as part of the "Israel Agreements" conference of "Israel Today", Ecclesiastical Forum and Sheila Forum, which centered on the understanding that the citizens of the Emirates and Bahrain Or as "Muslims."
In this sense it seems that while the political establishment in Europe and the United States has sharply criticized the national policies pursued by US President Donald Trump, the Arab countries have identified with it.
Avraham Agreements Conference - Day Two
"We suffered in the Obama administration for eight years and then fought for our countries. We are proud of our nation and our national identity, and if someone thinks a nation or nationalities are a bad thing, they will be less able, conceptually, to oppose imperialism. That is why I think the Obama administration has failed. Iranian imperialism, "said Abdullah Junaid of Bahrain.
According to him, even the Jews in Bahrain identify themselves first and foremost as Bahraini: "In Bahrain there is a Jewish community, they are part of our history. Therefore, in the relationship between Trump and Israel, they play a major role. We do not only treat them as Jews, they are first and foremost Bahraini. "The geographical history that has been dormant for some time, because we have a common historical denominator that unites all the people in the Middle East."
Researcher Rami Aziz from Egypt referred to the US election and claimed that "if the peoples of the Middle East had the right to vote for the next US administration, they would vote for Trump because it would bring greater stability and security, and it would also prevent the strengthening of Muslim Brotherhood and Iran again." "They are confident that the Biden administration will return the agreement with Iran," added Mizrahi Eddie Cohen.
According to facilitator Carolyn Glick, the uniqueness of the Abrahamic agreements is in the normalization of relations between the two countries: "In the two peace agreements that Israel has signed in the past with Egypt and Jordan, Arab countries that signed agreements with us clearly stated that they did not implement the normalization clauses. In the Avraham agreements, it is one of the revolutionary aspects of this deal. "
"President Trump was able to establish the Abrahamic Agreements because he did not come from the Washington establishment, and because he chose not to go with the previous ideologies created in Washington and the European Union; ideologies that were imposed on the region and delayed it," added Ecclesiastical Forum professor Eugene Kontorovich.
Kontorovich added that to a large extent Washington determines the mood of the peoples of the world.
Under the Trump administration, although the European Union, for example, did not change its hostile attitude toward Israel, it restrained its criticism because it would not have been quietly accepted in Washington.
The Biden administration is in a different, post-national mood, which will inevitably slow down the normalization of relations between Israel and the Arab states.