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What does normal mean in a year like 2020? For the
state of Israel, surprisingly even by COVID-19 standards, it means
the establishment of formal political, diplomatic and economic
ties, through the signing of the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement,
with the Kingdom of Bahrain (Bahrain) and the United Arab Emirates
(UAE), with other countries in the region that may follow
suit.
The signing of the Accords, in addition to spurring a wave of
new and expanded business opportunities in the Middle East and
North Africa (MENA) region, has the added effect of normalizing the