A Sudan-Israel peace deal could be Trump’s crowning achievement

Twitter is not always kind to the Jewish state. But the peace accord between Israel, UAE and Bahrain that was signed in Washington in September has opened the floodgates to a social media love-in. In one video, recently shared by Ivanka Trump, an Israeli called Amit Deri expresses his astonishment at finding produce from his country in a food market in Dubai. Elsewhere, in pictures that were shared thousands of times, a vast Emirati flag is seen projected onto the façade of Tel Aviv’s city hall. Even Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has got involved, posting in Arabic this week to mark UAE’s national day, alongside a video in which he referred to the Arab state as ‘our new friends’.

These were not empty tweets. Joint initiatives have been announced almost daily, from collaboration between Israeli and Arab newspapers to the opening of a Jewish school in Dubai – not to mention meaningful cooperation on trade and tourism.