{"id":69746,"date":"2022-04-03T05:08:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T05:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.asianetpakistan.com\/?p=89371"},"modified":"2022-04-03T05:08:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T05:08:37","slug":"the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more Arab countries despite regional \u201cenemies of peace,\u201d leaders from Israel and Arab nations said in the Middle East Peace Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

\u2018We should have the courage to take the lead\u2019<\/h4>\n

Washington, DC, April 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

Media Contact: Larry Moffitt
\nmedia@us.upf.org<\/a>
\n202-669-0387<\/p>\n

Israeli and Arab Leaders Seek Wider Alliance for Abraham Accords <\/strong>
\n‘We should have the courage to take the lead’<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more Arab countries despite regional \u201cenemies of peace,\u201d leaders from Israel and Arab nations said in the Middle East Peace Initiative, a project of the Universal Peace Federation (UPF).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to understand that in our region there are enemies of peace and those who will try to undermine what we are doing, but we should have the courage to take the lead,\u201d United Arab Emirates (UAE) National Council Member Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi said at the forum.<\/p>\n

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, former Israeli Knesset Deputy Speaker Hilik Bar, former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich also addressed the March 31, 2022 forum\u2019s online event, which can be viewed at https:\/\/youtu.be\/2hlG859q3Kk<\/a><\/p>\n

Mr. Olmert and Mr. Bar said they saw signs of unity and respect growing in the Middle East since the Abraham Accords were signed in 2020 under the Trump Administration. Mr. Gingrich praised the accords for their potential to secure stability in the entire region.<\/p>\n

Mr. Harper described the Abraham Accords as, \u201cby far, the most positive news\u201d that humanity received during the entire period of the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cThis positive move in the Middle East stands out against what is otherwise a terrible degeneration in the global geopolitical landscape,\u201d Mr. Harper said, citing the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Dr. Michael Jenkins, president of UPF International, said UAE and Bahrain are to be commended for developing the Abraham Accords with Israel and support from the US. \u201cThis vital step is increasing trade and friendly cooperation between these nations, which brings hope to the region. We also commend Morocco and Sudan for normalizing relations with Israel; we see the likelihood of many more nations in the Middle East and Africa following their example.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Middle East Peace Initiative promotes peace through dialogue, people-to-people diplomacy, fact-finding trips, interfaith pilgrimages and conferences.<\/p>\n

UPF, founded in 2005 by the late Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and his wife Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, is a respected NGO in General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC). It has chapters in 159 countries.<\/p>\n

Article on the online Middle East Peace Initiative webinar by The Washington Times
\nhttps:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/mar\/31\/arab-israeli-leaders-say-abraham-accords-show-regi\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Larry Moffitt\r\nUniversal Peace Federation USA\r\n202-669-0387\r\nmedia@us.upf.org<\/a><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018We should have the courage to take the lead\u2019 Washington, DC, April 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) \u2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Larry Moffitt media@us.upf.org 202-669-0387 Israeli and Arab Leaders Seek Wider Alliance for Abraham Accords \u2018We should have the courage to take the lead\u2019 The Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,53,343],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more Arab countries despite regional \u201cenemies of peace,\u201d leaders from Israel and Arab nations said in the Middle East Peace Initiative - Lebanon News Gazette<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more Arab countries despite regional \u201cenemies of peace,\u201d leaders from Israel and Arab nations said in the Middle East Peace Initiative - Lebanon News Gazette\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u2018We should have the courage to take the lead\u2019 Washington, DC, April 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) \u2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Larry Moffitt media@us.upf.org 202-669-0387 Israeli and Arab Leaders Seek Wider Alliance for Abraham Accords \u2018We should have the courage to take the lead\u2019 The Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more [\u2026]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lebanon News Gazette\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-03T05:08:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"lnadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"lnadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"lnadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b220111f97227f75d2130729cf3e0840\"},\"headline\":\"The Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more Arab countries despite regional \u201cenemies of peace,\u201d leaders from Israel and Arab nations said in the Middle East Peace Initiative\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-03T05:08:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-03T05:08:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/\"},\"wordCount\":458,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"MENA\",\"Pakistan\",\"Press Releases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/\",\"name\":\"The Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more Arab countries despite regional \u201cenemies of peace,\u201d leaders from Israel and Arab nations said in the Middle East Peace Initiative - Lebanon News Gazette\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-03T05:08:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-03T05:08:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more Arab countries despite regional \u201cenemies of peace,\u201d leaders from Israel and Arab nations said in the Middle East Peace Initiative\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/\",\"name\":\"Lebanon News Gazette\",\"description\":\"News from Lebanon\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Lebanon News Gazette\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-lebanonnewsgazette-logo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-lebanonnewsgazette-logo-1.png\",\"width\":503,\"height\":261,\"caption\":\"Lebanon News Gazette\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b220111f97227f75d2130729cf3e0840\",\"name\":\"lnadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff4aa10d4f36ab9dc3cce9e101792273?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff4aa10d4f36ab9dc3cce9e101792273?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"lnadmin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/author\/lnadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more Arab countries despite regional \u201cenemies of peace,\u201d leaders from Israel and Arab nations said in the Middle East Peace Initiative - Lebanon News Gazette","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more Arab countries despite regional \u201cenemies of peace,\u201d leaders from Israel and Arab nations said in the Middle East Peace Initiative - Lebanon News Gazette","og_description":"\u2018We should have the courage to take the lead\u2019 Washington, DC, April 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) \u2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Larry Moffitt media@us.upf.org 202-669-0387 Israeli and Arab Leaders Seek Wider Alliance for Abraham Accords \u2018We should have the courage to take the lead\u2019 The Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more [\u2026]","og_url":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/","og_site_name":"Lebanon News Gazette","article_published_time":"2022-04-03T05:08:37+00:00","author":"lnadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"lnadmin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/"},"author":{"name":"lnadmin","@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b220111f97227f75d2130729cf3e0840"},"headline":"The Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more Arab countries despite regional \u201cenemies of peace,\u201d leaders from Israel and Arab nations said in the Middle East Peace Initiative","datePublished":"2022-04-03T05:08:37+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-03T05:08:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/"},"wordCount":458,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["MENA","Pakistan","Press Releases"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/","url":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/","name":"The Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more Arab countries despite regional \u201cenemies of peace,\u201d leaders from Israel and Arab nations said in the Middle East Peace Initiative - Lebanon News Gazette","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-04-03T05:08:37+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-03T05:08:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/the-abraham-accords-should-be-expanded-and-promoted-to-more-arab-countries-despite-regional-enemies-of-peace-leaders-from-israel-and-arab-nations-said-in-the-middle-east-peace-initi\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Abraham Accords should be expanded and promoted to more Arab countries despite regional \u201cenemies of peace,\u201d leaders from Israel and Arab nations said in the Middle East Peace Initiative"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/","name":"Lebanon News Gazette","description":"News from Lebanon","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#organization","name":"Lebanon News Gazette","url":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-lebanonnewsgazette-logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-lebanonnewsgazette-logo-1.png","width":503,"height":261,"caption":"Lebanon News Gazette"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b220111f97227f75d2130729cf3e0840","name":"lnadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff4aa10d4f36ab9dc3cce9e101792273?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff4aa10d4f36ab9dc3cce9e101792273?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"lnadmin"},"url":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/author\/lnadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}