In pictures: UAE, Israel, Bahrain, US sign Abraham Accord at White House
Published on September 15, 2020 at 23.22
US President Donald Trump hosted the White House ceremony, capping a dramatic month when first the UAE and then Bahrain agreed to reverse decades of ill will without a resolution of Israel's decades-old dispute with the Palestinians.
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, prior to signing the Abraham Accord, normalising relations with Israel in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US September 15, 2020.
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Palestinians watch a television broadcast of a White House signing ceremony in Tubas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara to the landmark signing ceremony.
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Trump and Netanyahu speak ahead of the signing ceremony.
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US President Donald Trump watches as UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan(R) speaks from the Truman Balcony at the White House.
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Netanyahu, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah and Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani stand by prior to signing the peace accords.
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The word "Peace" is seen on the municipality building in Tel Aviv, Israel, while the Abraham Accords are signed at the White House.
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The flags of the United States, Israel, UAE and Bahrain are projected on a section of the walls surrounding Jerusalem's Old City, as UAE and Bahrain sign agreements toward normalising relations with Israel.
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White House senior advisor Jared Kushner arrives with his wife and fellow senior advisor Ivanka Trump for the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords.
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives for the ceremony at the White House.
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The four dignitaries pose together on the White House balcony ahead of the signing ceremony.
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Netanyahu, Trump and Sheikh Abdullah sign the Abraham Accords in English, Arabic and Hebrew.
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The delighted quartet display the signed Abraham Accords after the ground-breaking event.
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