The Abraham Accords: Normalization Agreements Signed by Israel with the U.A.E., Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco. (June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Singer, Joel
• Is Part Of: International legal materials. Volume 60:Number 3(2021)
• Page Start: 448
• Page End: 463
• Publication Date: 2021-06
• Subjects: International law -- Sources; Treaties -- Collections; 341.1
• DOI: 10.1017/ilm.2021.18
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0020-7829

Abstract

Abstract : On September 15, 2020, in a ceremony that took place on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain (Bahrain) Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani signed a trilateral document, called the "Abraham Accords Declaration, " a political declaration that called for the promotion of peace and cooperation in the Middle East. As referenced in the declaration, it was titled after the common patriarch Abraham, from whom the three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, have descended. U.S. President Donald Trump added his signature as a witness to the Abraham Accords Declaration, as well as to two other, bilateral documents also signed in Washington on the same day, which are discussed below.