The historic peace treaty between Jerusalem and Khartoum seen by Jewish groups as a major breakthrough in regional peacemaking; Egypt, UAE and Bahrain hail it as a major achievement. Palestinian insist accord "is in violation of the Arab summit resolutions and the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative."
US President Donald Trump announced third peace deal between the Jewish state and an Arab country in the span of six weeks. PM Benjamin Netanyahu: It's a new world, we're building a better future for all of us.
US, Israeli, and Sudanese officials expect Khartoum and Jerusalem to sign an agreement to launch the normalization process in an online ceremony some time in the next few days; senior diplomatic official says Saudis poised to take the same step.
Panel on the Abraham Accords includes insight from key regional analysts, correspondents.
US Special Representative for International Negotiations tells Israel Hayom the US is working actively to expand Israel's normalization deals with the Arab world.
The official announcement on the establishment of official diplomatic ties could come as soon as this weekend. Move believed to be tied to recent US decision to remove Sudan from list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Ambassador David Friedman tells Israel Hayom's editor-in-chief that if President Trump wins the election, the processes launched by his administration "can really change the Middle East for a hundred years."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells Israel Hayom and its partners that the diplomatic breakthrough with two Gulf nations was made possible thanks to President Trump, saying that "we can already see the fruits of this peace."
The first day of the International Kohelet Policy Forum, Shiloh Policy Forum, Israel Hayom Conference gets underway. Online streaming starts at 10 a.m. EST.
Due to COVID-19, visit will last only five hours, but arrival marks another step in the historic normalization process between Israel and the Gulf Arab nation.
