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#BREAKING: Israel, UAE and Bahrain sign deal in Washington to make diplomatic relations official
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• At the White House ceremony Trump promoted the deal as the "dawn of a new Middle East"
• Netanyahu: Israel is filled with "profound gratitude" for the normalisation deal
• The agreement will be presented to the Israeli cabinet and parliament before it takes effect
• Palestinians held protests against the deal across the occupied Palestinian territories on Tuesday
• Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday condemned the normalisation agreements and dubbed it a "black day" for the Arab world middleeasteye.net/news/israel-ua…
• Speaking next to Netanyahu, Trump said many Arab countries are moving to normalising ties with Israel "very quickly"
• Trump refused to identify the countries, but he suggested that Saudi Arabia may be amongst them middleeasteye.net/news/trump-fiv…

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