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editor’
s note

Ask Us Your Questions About 
The Abraham Accords
A

mid the nonstop flood 
of news that has accom-
panied this election 
cycle, not to mention our High 
Holiday coverage and the JN’
s 
own announcement about its 
future, we’
ve 
barely had time 
to register one of 
the biggest stories 
to come out of 
Israel in decades. 
It wasn’
t so 
long ago when 
the mere idea of Israel breaking 
bread with an Arab nation felt 
like something out of an alter-
nate-history novel. But now, 
after negotiations overseen by 
President Trump and his son-
in-law Jared Kushner, with an 
official ceremony held on the 
White House lawn, Israel has 
formal diplomatic agreements 
with two Gulf states: the United 
Arab Emirates and Bahrain. 
More treaties seem likely to 
follow.
These breakthroughs, col-
lectively referred to as the 
Abraham Accords, carry tre-
mendous promise, but also a lot 
of uncertainties and apprehen-
sions. You probably have ques-
tions. And we’
d like to answer 
them for you.
So the JN is preparing a spe-
cial upcoming “explainer” issue 
that will dive deeper into what 

these agreements will mean in a 
practical sense, both for Israelis 
and for Jewish Americans. We 
will speak to experts, academics 
and people who live and work 
in the region. You can tell us 
what questions you have about 
these agreements and how they 
will work, and we will report 
them for you. Curious about 
how this will impact business? 
Tourism? Military arrange-
ments? The Israeli-Palestinian 
conflict? Let us know.
Look for that special cover 
story next month, once the 
election is over (and note that, 
because the election will be 
over, questions should focus on 
Israel and the region, not on 
Trump).
I know that coverage of Israel 
is important to our readers. 
Even when the local coverage 
needs of the moment over-
whelm our limited reporting 
capacities and reduced print 
space, we are always looking for 
new opportunities to tell stories 
from the region. 
Tell us what you’
d like to 
know by emailing letters@
thejewishnews.com, or message 
us on Facebook, and we will 
endeavor to answer as many 
questions as we can. 
Next year in … Dubai? 
Manama? Who knows where 
the world will take us. 

FROM LEFT: Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, Israeli Prime 
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump and UAE Foreign 
Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the signing of the Abraham Accords 
at the White House, Sept. 15, 2020.

 SAUL LOEB/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES AND JTA

Andrew Lapin 
 
Editor

