American social media companies like Twitter suppressed negative stories about Joe Biden during the 2020 campaign are still preventing former President Donald Trump from speaking on their platforms. However, the effects of Trump’s policies may be much harder to suppress. The historic peace agreements that Mr Trump signed between Israel and its regional neighbors last year have produced some notable results lately.
Joshua Marks writes in the times of Israel:
I did something about Passover that was unthinkable prior to the signing of the Abrahamic Accord in the White House last September, which normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. As an Israeli citizen, I took a direct flight of almost three hours through the Saudi Arabian airspace from Israel to the UAE with an airline in Dubai to celebrate the holiday with the local Jewish community … Boarding the Flydubai Boeing 737-800 in Ben At Gurion Airport, the reality of the Abrahamic Accords set in for me. Here was an Arab airline with an Arabic-speaking cabin crew announcing our departure from Tel Aviv for Dubai as if it were the most normal thing in the world …
Before returning to Israel, Mr. Marks attended a Passover event with local Emiratis and reported:
It felt like a new beginning of a warm friendship between Jews and Israelis and Arabs and Emirates, but also like the revival of an old relationship of “cousins” who had been apart for thousands of years and now our way through darkness back into darkness find the light of a common future of peace and prosperity for the peoples of the Middle East.
In Britain’s Independent, Bel Trew Reports about a recent Orthodox Jewish wedding in Dubai:
Acting Rabbi Elie Abadie is originally from Lebanon and is now a senior rabbi in the United Arab Emirates. Shortly after the couple got married on the beach, the Islamic call to prayer rang out. Rabbi Abadie, whose own son plans to get married in Dubai, says more Jewish ceremonies are planned as hotels and wedding planners recognize the potential of this new market. “Right now there is a fundamental change,” he tells The Independent. “It’s not just weddings. Jewish tourists celebrate here for Passover this week. “Aside from kosher options, Jewish residents and visitors feel safe, a view expressed by others the Independent has spoken to. “I go with my kippah; I don’t even look back for a second. I feel very safe and protected, ”he adds.
Ms. Trew has more about the dramatic changes brought about by the Abrahamic Accords:
