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Al-Araby
In a groundbreaking summit hosted by Israel in the Negev desert in late March, top diplomats from the host country met with leaders from four Arab states, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Morocco, and Egypt. The summit, which gained international prominence with the presence of the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, focused on regional security but two major issues have come to define the meeting: the threat of Iran and the absence of Palestine. The summit was held to continue the normalisation of some Arab states with Israel and the Abraham Accords of 2020. Participating …