Eight months ago, Donald Trump presided over the signing of the “Abraham Accords” — diplomatic agreements between Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. He said the normalization of ties would usher in a new generation of peace in the Middle East. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum has more on why that vision didn’t materialize.
Correction: This report contains an error. Khaled Elgindy is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, not the Brookings Institution.
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