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The United Arab Emirates in bahrain today agreed to normalize relations with israel a deal brokered by the us President Donald Trump now trump and these 3 middle east countries they tried to project a picture of the normality that they want us to see a picture of a middle east minus human rights abuses and minus the Israeli Palestinian problem and a picture minus the pandemic notice all them into signing the agreement today they gladly wore the mantle of peace not one of them were facemask im burnt off in berlin this is the day. The biggest optimists were shocked when they heard about this transaction google doesnt realize that its enjoying the greatest diplomatic triumph of its history after all of these years eve it really gets tired of war. At each and has suffered for arsenal we have many countries in your region and your part of the world that will be very quickly signing up also but now we can do it even with more days this could really lead to peace real peace in the middle east for the 1st. Also coming up a german chancellor Angela Merkel today marked 70 years of the Central Council of jews in this country she added 7 decades since the shoah antisemitism remains its a new sun its a disgrace and a deep shame for me how racism and antisemitism are expressed in our country in this day and age. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all the around the world welcome we begin the day with an agreement that will bring a greater sense of normality to the middle east its promise of peace in the region that is yet to be proven today at the white house the United Arab Emirates bahrain and israel signed an agreement to normalize relations it marks a major stride in improving commercial cultural and education times among the countries but referring to the agreement as a peace deal would be a mischaracterization relations between israel the u. A. E. And bahrain have not been hostile u. S. President trump referred to the u. A. E. Today as a great warring nation but they have not been at war with israel and todays agreement provided an opportunity for israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to return a favor to President Trump in the run up to the last 2 israeli elections trump announced major u. S. Policy changes all positive for netanyahu now with the u. S. Election just weeks away and with trump trailing in the polls netanyahu has paid a visit to washington to present damo trump as a friend to israel and to peace here is the u. S. President. Were here this afternoon to change the course of history after decades of division and conflict we mark the dawn of a new middle east thanks to the great courage of the leaders of these 3 countries we take a major strides toward a future in which people of all faiths and backgrounds live together in peace and prosperity. In israels entire history there previously been only 2 such agreements now we have achieved 2 in a single month and there are more to follow. Our i want to bring in now Rabbi Marc Schneier he was at the signing ceremony at the white house rabbi schneier is known as the rabbi to the muslim world hes a special advisor to keeping him on bin hes out of bahrain by schneier he joins me on the phone tonight and welcome back to the day rabbi what does todays what does todays signing ceremony what does it change in the middle east oh i think its an extraordinary transformation because unlike have entire Peace Agreement to listen its all about opportunity particularly in the realm of economic. Dysfunction how many gulf leaders have expressed to me. These fantasy years that with our resources and wealth in this world strained closer and for solving that together we could develop the most powerful economic reaching in the world so i believe economics you know is a very strong engine thats driving this process and its cold in 19 there needs to be a Regional Response the controversy over israel possibly and in the west bank and im running them behind inter much progress today to state solution here and of course how they have to pencil a challenge and to correct the ongoing threat coming from iran and the ally and i do believe the gulf states are looking to his throne to step in and to be committed the sender and protector i put their whole seriously scare value on it and we celebrate that yes when you and i spoke last month you said that these agreements or even 3 for the palestinians and that they mean that there will be discussions about a 2 state solution there were no palestinian representatives at the white house today. Oh its no different than the way the cousens going out of the conference and boss crane last you have to tease to prosperity conference there are those of us including myself who believe that the road to needs really policy and reconciliation must still through economics and adult states that they acknowledge they have skin in the game theyre going to have to bring the front of Economic Opportunities and common on hope to the Palestinian People that can really give the engine back bring about this kind of reconciliation israel with this agreement has normalized times was 2 arab countries that do not want to answer claims about shimon Rights Violations within their own borders let me ask you as a man of faith what did the jewish state sacrifice in order to win or to reach new states have normal relations with the u. A. E. And bahrain. I dont think they mistrust for funders any time you know ive been in the region now for more than 12 years and i have seen. That amount of improvement on the human rights front in terms of how different rulers here are conducting themselves in terms of their own populations so i think its. Yellow journey thats going to continue and grow and develop to the Promised Land of a. Genuine aust and that of the monster seen in that region well as at the moment takes place im sure we will be talking with you again we hope so rabbi Mark Schneider joining us tonight from washington d. C. Rabbi thank you my pleasure thank you israeli relations with bahrain and the u. A. E. You are already good some observers say todays agreement is a defacto confirmation of what has been happening for years is there more to the deal in the eyes of israelis our jerusalem correspondent tanya kramer takes a look in this report. The 1st cholesterol flight from tel aviv to abu dhabi a long isolation period for israel and the region has ended until now it only has signed peace treaties with egypt and jordan in August Israel normalize ties with the United Arab Emirates the hain followed a month later brokered by the u. S. It cygnus a change of alliances in the region for us it creates a much stronger sunnis really alliance against iran against the shiite axis which is very important if we look at american elections in november when we have a democratic candidate that declares that they want to go back to the Previous Nuclear deal with iran. Such an alliance of israeli and sunni nations in the middle east is extremely important what this doesnt solve this is verse conflict with the palestinians the un he has insisted that it was suspends its plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank at least temporarily but the deal breaks with the public position of countries to refrain from normalizing relations with israel until it ends its occupation over millions of palestinians in tel aviv the mood among israelis is mixed as people prepare for a nationwide lockdown so your own its excellent i opened a school for arabic i did it to promote peace and now i think it is in all important for mother to show the plainly perish and i think there is damage its only for political interests for bibi for trump and also the u. A. E. Because of arms of good relations with the us they dont really care about us making it a family bank or they got to tell you couldnt called up about it i think its more needed to deal with many problems we have here that have to do with a lockdown. And more political problems the country is very unstable and theres a lot to take care of before dealing with external issues or looting shame because some. The agreement a seen as a huge achievement for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu but as he faces a corruption trial and is under fire for his poor handling of the pandemic there are also red piece of good news are evil for a different perspective the view from europe wide like to pull in christiane hundreds hes the senior middle east expert and germanys beryls been Foundation Mr hollis good to have you on the day at the white house today it was all about israel the u. A. E. Bahrain and the United States as the broker noticeably absent were the palestinians what about the europeans the europeans are not present in this deal making policy of trump the middle east trump has a totally different strategic approach to change new trends in the middle east its without institutions like the e. U. It says it ignores un resolutions or International Agreements or even the quartet which is the mediation make on its and what the Israeli Palestinian conflict with a footnote brant kerry and foreign minister was present that was the footnote but the ok that was the european there in the room what do you make of claims that these deals. Motivated by fears of iran in that the u. S. Has torpedoed the Iran Nuclear Deal which the e. U. Has tried to save so todays agreement it almost comes at the expense of europe. Look germany germany has the e. U. Presidency and in germany there are 3 issues this new trends of the middle east on the table the one is the German Government is relieved that the hold of an extension of that into territory hes used has been achieved they hope that with the u. A. E. A special that there will be a drive to. Understanding there is a window of opportunity what is told here in berlin on the other hand the big concern in europe is that in the forthcoming running election in the u. S. That. Confrontation could be to further escalation already next monday theys again a fight on the United States United Nations Security Council on the iranian issue so that is still an issue of concern is it likely that other countries are going to follow what weve seen today have in saudi arabia saying tonight that it is sticking by the plan of the arab world that 1st there has to be a resolution to the palestinian israeli problem before any other deals can be made. There is a paradigm shift since the Arab Peace Initiative from 200002 which said all 22. 00 arab states to wait for editing in state before normalizing with israel this is now changing more arab countries would like to go into more strong relations with the us and with israel and this is mainly driven by strong economic and technological. Wishes you know that especially the countries in the gulf once one. Or face. Very late. Country they see their economic links much more with the u. S. And with israel in order to get their country forward you know the states in in the gulf region they will have they can depend less on oil export in the future they need to look for new business and Employment Opportunities and this has these new Political Trends that is with more cooperation with innovative countries like israel and the u. S. Let me ask you about todays developments maybe through the eyes of the german chancellor Angela Merkel and she has said that israels security is a central tenet of german policy now when you hear that i would assume that berlin must be pleased by the developments today because these developments are helping to stabilize israel and its security. Gemini and and europe have in all recent years always trying to push more cooperation between israel and its arab neighbors and trying to get the palestinian issue. This always goes together and and there and we also share the same concerns about the uranium threat to where its towards israel and arab countries in the region the approaches different the american approach to the iranian threat is maximum pressure and said you know when we are when i am reelected iran will come and make a deal with me in 30 days the europeans and others at the United Nations Security Council think it has to go within me with an agreement and. In order to get iraq back into. A back. In the region im going to have a minute here when i ask you what happens next year when the german chancellor steps down when when i go america is no longer in charge what happens to europe or germany and europes support for israel any change no there is no change in the gut you know all governments reviewed by social democrats or by greens or by our or by conservative parties if there is a broad understanding. About the security of israel. And peace and development in the middle east i even have that there would be more engagement also driven by germany and france to foster Modernization Development in the mediterranean and in the southern neighborhood and to read to get a conflict in the region souls all right christiane one of with germanys bevels when Foundation Mr holmes we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you its a pleasure talking to you don. They were sobering a warming yet not surprising words today german chancellor Angela Merkel said that many jews living in germany today do not feel safe and she cautioned that antisemitism in germany has never disappear merkel spoke today at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Central Council of jews in germany the organization was created in the wake of the holocaust and has been a driving force in revitalizing jewish lives and culture here injure. A day of remembrance 70 years since the founding of the Central Council of jews in germany which since then has promoted the revival of jewish communities and culture in the country today theyre going to zation represents the interests of more than 100000 members across the country. A role that was celebrated by german chancellor Angela Merkel quicks pressed her admiration for the strength of the jews who stayed in germany after the atrocities committed by the nazi regime but the chancellor also warned about the rising threat of antisemitism in the country its a. Its a disgrace and a deep shame for me how racism and antisemitism are expressed in our country in this day and age it is true that racism and anti semitism never disappeared but for some time now they have been more visible and uninhibited. With no. Insults threats or conspiracy theories are openly directed against jewish citizens. Social media is literally oozing expressions of hatred and harassment. We must never remain silent on this months. Last years attack on a synagogue in the city of halabja where right wing extremists set out to commit a massacre made the threat faced by jews in germany even clear. Violent anti semitic crimes have grown by 20 percent over the last 2 decades perpetrators are mostly right wing extremists. This by this the president of the Central Council of jews said his community was ready to place its trust in germany but he added that this trust must not be betrayed your trust is valuable as ever for germanys Jewish Community id like to pull in a man who can speak to this with authority and credibility rabbi daniel alter became one of the 1st german trained rabbis following the show he was also the antisemitism commissioner of berlins Jewish Community for 3 years by alter welcome to the day its good to have you with us tonight 70 years of the Central Council of jews in germany 7 decades and the german chancellor says that fear among jews and antisemitism in society have not disappear is there any way to to take this into spin it in a positive light. At the 1st chance not really i that it depends on what kind of panoramic. Deal with in the German Society. Its very important to have that time from merkel as our friend and being supportive of us. If we want any positive solution of the. Antisemitic crisis we have in germany then we need to fool support of the last majority of the German Society and currently do not at. The head of the Central Council of jews in germany says that the Jewish Community in syncing a growing feeling of. Do you think he could have or he should have chosen stronger words to describe the situation no i think. Its important to stay on common that and balance theres no point in choosing big and strong words i mean political ecological critical it aware of the effect that we are dealing with a number of wise percentage wise concerning antisemitism with a huge and substantial problem and that on the im not very happy with the idea of using big and Strong Language we need to work on that but we need to keep calm and we need to find proper ways to express ourselves and this doesnt need to and he and he and he even loud and forward sounding paroles need chancellor spoke of shame with the rise of antisemitism in the country is germanys Political Leadership is it doing enough to fight this antisemitism. I wish i could see foolhardy yes but. Im not overly happy with some of the developments to give you an example already in 2 south and 12 that was a huge inquiry about the situation about the numbers and percentages of antisemitism spread it is a society and that the end of the inquiry there were also the experts also gave several recommendations how the problem could be tackled one of the recommendations was that dealing with antisemitism should be a part of what teachers experience in their own education and their training to become a teacher now that has not been implemented implemented to my extent of knowledge in any german state yet he said that that issue like the education of the teacher is not a federal issue its. The various germans and none of the states to my extent of knowledge has implemented that to up to today and thats 8 years ago thats 18 thats last years and the states where our governor by basically all parties which are present in the in the stock so. I see a lack of. A lack of. Detriment nation on the political side i want to ask you something about your own personal story you were the victim of an antisemitic attack here in berlin 8 years ago. How has that incident how was it shaped the way you live and as a jewish person in germany. In my specific case that the result was that. That i started to deal with these issues that i started to move myself in combat ing antisemitism that i also have the reaction on that and what myself more and interface style and. Basically i said i want to combat that i want to fight that but im not a soldier and i can im not a street fighting man or anything like that my way to fight goes through company cation education discussion going to school so i did that a lot and. Yeah what that does with the significant change i took an act with that in combat ing antisemitism in europe due to what i experienced i wasnt traumatized or else and my children were not traumatized partly because i got a huge support from the wider German Society which also played an Important Role in being able to but probably did it make you have a stronger conviction in your faith you know. Ive had. It it gave me a stronger in in the mississippi to fight through take up a political fight to get standard of jews but there was no i dont know how to put that properly but they had no spiritual impact on let me put it this way. Rabbi daniel alterable i its been very very enlightening talking with you we appreciate you being so honest with us tonight thank you for your time thank you for having good buy. A french fried dog has set a new world diving record off the coast of the greek. 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