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Updated 2023-11-21
2023-11-18 US ‘Indispensable’ in Israel-Gaza Peace Process: Bahrain Crown Prince Bahrain’s Crown Prince, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, told reporters on Friday that the United States is “indispensable” in creating peace between Israel and Gaza. Bahrain was one of the Arab states that signed the Abraham Accords that former President Donald Trump brokered in 2020. The peace deal established ties between Bahrain, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Now, Israel’s fellow signatories support a ceasefire in Gaza and a peace deal between Palestinians and Israelis, while also standing with Israel in challenging the militant Islam represented by Hamas and its Iranian backers.
“This is an intolerable situation, and we must do everything in our power to stop it. I condemn Hamas, unequivocally,” he said Friday ahead of the annual Manama Dialogue security summit. “The attacks on October 7 were barbaric. I unequivocally condemn the air campaign that resulted in the death of over 11,000 people in Gaza, 4,700 of which are children.”
The Arab leader called on Hamas to release the women and children hostages, but also requested that Israel “release the women and children they hold, in exchange that we can get some sense and a few days or weeks or months or maybe years of peace and calm.” Hamas has offered to exchange its hostages for roughly 6,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israel, which Israeli officials have rejected. https://www.newsweek.com/us-indispensable-israel-gaza-peace-process-bahrain-crown-prince-1844958
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