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Israel ties could fundamentally change Gulf structures

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: GULF STATES/ISRAEL
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Gulf states ME/NAF Bahrain Israel Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Kuwait Oman Palestinians Qatar Turkey United States GULF STATES/ISRAEL

Topical: economy industry international relations politics social climate energy foreign investment foreign policy foreign trade military security technology tourism
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2021), "Israel ties could fundamentally change Gulf structures", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB258938

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Bahrain also joined the ‘Abraham Accords’ in late 2020, while Sudan and Morocco promised to follow suit.

Oman will likely keep its existing good but informal Israel ties; Qatar may in due course decide to formalise links.
Kuwait is the least likely Gulf state to join, given its tradition of offering refuge to Palestinians and strong public support for them.
Further success for right-wing parties in Israel hostile to Arabs could unsettle Gulf leaders who have agreed to normalisation.
Turkey, facing hostility from a new bloc comprising Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, might decide to seek reconciliation.