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People-to-people relations, over the long term, support more durable

and expansive relationships between countries and thus strengthen

peace agreements.

◆ Peace agreements between US partners in the Middle East serve as a

force multiplier against actors who seek to destabilize the region. For this

reason, among others, Washington should seek to ensure the success of

normalization.

◆ Despite initial optimism and excitement, a number of challenges to creating

meaningful people-to-people relationships between the United Arab

Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Israel remain.

◆ The newly formed Israeli government has an opportunity to capitalize on

the momentum of recent peace and normalization agreements with Arab

nations and seek a similar agreement with Saudi Arabia, which would

be a particular achievement given the kingdom’s political, religious, and

economic role in the region.