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Bennett’s Breakthrough

The Israeli prime minister visited the United Arab Emirates this week, highlighting a number of current realities.

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By Aaron David Miller
Published on Dec 15, 2021
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Diwan, a blog from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Program and the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, draws on Carnegie scholars to provide insight into and analysis of the region. 

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Over at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website, Aaron David Miller offers his analysis of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s trip to the United Arab Emirates this week. The whole thing can be read here.

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