Published: 18 August 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Polls show slight gains for Netanyahu from UAE deal, as coalition crisis lingers (Times of Israel)
Representatives from Likud meet with Blue and White negotiators to try and resolve budget dispute, with threat of 4th election still looming
Poll: Nearly 80% of Israelis prefer UAE deal over West Bank annexation (Times of Israel)
Still, over half of respondents to survey believe Netanyahu broke campaign promise by pursuing pact; 14% say diplomatic breakthrough will, or might, change their vote
Mossad head talks to Bahrain’s PM amid signs it could ink deal with Israel — TV (Times of Israel)
Report says phone call between Yossi Cohen, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa took place in recent days, notes the latter is now reported to have left Bahrain for a ‘private visit’
Israeli delegation to head to UAE to hammer out details of accords (Haaretz)
Israel and United States court additional states, including Bahrain and Oman, to join talks; White House hoping for formal signing ceremony in Washington by September
Cartoon: Tamara Blumenfeld
