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Bahrain becomes latest Arab nation to recognize Israel

by AP Diplomatic Writer
| September 11, 2020 10:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bahrain on Friday agreed to normalize relations with Israel, becoming the latest Arab nation to do so as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Donald Trump and his administration to further ease the Jewish state's relative isolation in the Middle East and find common ground with nations that share U.S. wariness of Iran.

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