Jared Kushner, a senior advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump who was deeply involved in negotiating the UAE-Israel normalization agreement, said Thursday night that another country is likely to join the peace agreement in the coming days.
Kushner, who is also Trump’s son-in-law, said that discussions will resume with several other countries about possible deals regarding Israel. He said that criticism of the deal is “predictable,” but that the move would allow more space for Palestinians to come to the negotiating table.
At a White House press briefing, officials said that Oman and Bahrain would be the next countries to normalize relations with Israel.
Talks between the two countries lasted a year and a half, Kushner said, before Israel and the UAE reached a deal last week, adding that the details were finalized Wednesday…
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