Israel's intelligence minister has said that Bahrain and Oman in the Gulf will follow in the footsteps of the United Arab Emirates and that agreements with other Muslim countries are likely by next year.
According to the International News Agency, Israeli Minister of Intelligence Eli Cohen told Israeli Army Radio on Sunday that agreements with the United Arab Emirates, such as Oman and Bahrain, would be reached, as well as diplomatic relations with Muslim African countries. Establishment agreements will be made.
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"I think Oman and Bahrain are definitely on the agenda, and my analysis is that next year there will be peace agreements with Muslim African countries, with Sudan at the top," he said.
It should be noted that both Bahrain and Oman welcomed the UAE agreement with Israel, but they have not yet commented on their future course of action in this regard. Over the past two years, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has met with the leaders of Oman and Sudan.
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The news agency says that on the other hand, White House officials have also confirmed that the United States is in contact with "several" countries to establish normal diplomatic relations with Israel. However, US sources declined to name the countries.
Following the agreement reached between the UAE and Israel on Thursday, there has been a strong reaction from Turkey and Iran in Muslim countries, and the Palestinians have also interpreted the agreement as disloyal.
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In the Arab world, Egypt signed agreements with Israel in 1979 and Jordan in 1994, but unlike most Arab countries, the UAE did not have diplomatic and economic relations with Israel. The UAE is the third Arab country to establish relations with Israel since last week's agreement.
