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- [Announcer] This weekon Jerusalem Dateline,

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu hosts

an historic meeting withthe UAE while Bahrain

signs more agreements toexpand the Abraham Accords,

plus Israel's Ministerof Regional Cooperation

tell CBS News to expect another country to

normalize relations with Israel soon.

And Israel stuck in the middle

of the Armenian Azerbaijan conflict.

While the Jerusalem PrayerBreakfast brings the world

together to pray forthe peace of Jerusalem.

All this and more thisweek on Jerusalem Dateline.

Hello and welcome to this edition

of Jerusalem Dateline, I'm Chris Mitchell.

Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu, hosteda trilateral meeting

with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin

and the Financial AffairsMinister of the UAE.

It's just the latest stepin the developing ties

between Israel and the Gulf States marked

by historic flights between Israel,

the UAE and Bahrain.

- [Announcer] Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu,

hosted the meeting just after

the first commercial flight ever

from the UAE landed atIsrael's Ben Gurion Airport.

- Today we are making history.

We are making historyin a way that will stand

for generations.

This is the first ever official visit

from the United Arab Emirates to Israel.

This is the first time since the signing

of the historic agreementsin the White House

that the government ofIsrael and the UAE will be

signing concrete, practicalagreements of cooperation.

- We are committed tosupport legal framework

for the movement of people and goods

and for fostering a continuous business,

friendly environment between the UAE

and the state of Israel.

- [Announcer] On MondayUS Treasury Secretary

Mnuchin attended signings

of memorandum ofunderstanding in Abu Dhabi

between the UAE and Israeli companies.

On Sunday Mnuchin joined Israeli officials

on the first LL flightever to land in Bahrain.

Bahrain joined the UAE at the last minute

in signing the Abraham Accordsin Washington in September.

- Today we build on that historical Cajun

at the White House last month.

They think the next stepsto implement the declaration

in support of peace andthe Abraham Accords.

- The opportunitieshere are quite enormous,

both economic, trade, investment,

cultural and securitybetween the three countries.

- [Announcer] Israel and Bahrainsigned a joint communique

on establishing peaceful anddiplomatic relations on Sunday.

US Ambassador to Israel,David Friedman said

they were in the land ofAbraham where his sons

Isaac and Ishmael hadreconciled 3,500 years ago.

- Today, we're bringingBible back to life.

The children of Isaac and the children

of Ishmael are reconcilingonce again in this Holy land

and in Bahrain and in theUnited Arab Emirates as well.

It's another historic dayamong many historic days

that the Trump administrationhas brought to this region.

- When the Abraham Accordswere signed in Washington

it shelved months of anticipationover Israel's expected

move to extend sovereignty or annex parts

of biblical Judea andSumeria, the West bank.

For that reason, many weresuspicious of the Accords,

but at a recent conferencecalled the Abraham Accords

towards a new Middle East,US ambassador to Israel

David Friedman explained

that stopping the sovereigntyprocess is only temporary.

- The United States believes

in the Jewish communitiesin Judea and Sumeria

being there permanently.

We believe that in the longrun, it is in Israel's interest

and American interests forIsrael to extend its sovereignty

over these communities.

We also believe that it isIsrael's highest and most

important priority as is oursto extend the circle of peace

for as far and as long asit will go and to really

make that our first priority.

It is not to the exclusion,to the ultimate exclusion

of sovereignty, but it is a priority.

So if your follow up questionis when will sovereignty

occur, I wish I had an answer for you.

We're going to spend all, atleast from the perspective

of the United States, we'd liketo spend all of our efforts

in the near future on diplomatic efforts,

push the diplomatic agenda

as far as it will take us,make Israel as safe, secure

and prosperous amongall the, all the nations

in the region, create asmuch peace as possible,

reduce the threat levelas much as possible.

And then when we feel thatwe've exhausted those efforts

of course, to try to,to formalize Israel's,

help Israel at least,formalize its boundaries

in a way that includesits sovereignty over

the Jewish communitiesin Judea and Sumeria.

- While historic peaceagreements are being made

in the Middle East, not far away

a decades old conflict has reignited.

Washington is eager to bring an end

to the conflict between Armenia

and Azerbaijan that rearedits head in late September.

The war involves manynations in the region

including Israel.

- [Announcer] That decadesold conflict reignited

over a region called Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan claims the area,

though most living there are Armenian.

The disputed area sits herebetween the two countries.

When the Soviet union fell in 1991

this self-governed region

of Azerbaijan voted to join Armenia.

The conflict pits offand friendly powerhouses

against each other.

Turkey supports Azerbaijan,

while both Russia andIran side with Armenia.

- Israel also plays a role.

Over decades it and Azerbaijan

have developed close ties.

For Israel, it's partgeopolitics and part economics.

- Azerbaijan is a veryimportant country for Israel

because it supplies much of Israel's soil.

It's a country that hasalso a Jewish community

that they are treating very well

and it is a Muslim country.

And we are very much interestedin having good relations

with Muslim countries andfinally it borders Iran.

And of course we are interestedin looking into Iran.

- [Announcer] Ironically,the Alliance with Azerbaijan

also puts Israel on the same side

of it's adversary Turkey.

Azerbaijan's ambassador Elin Suleymanov

confirmed its close relationship

to Israel with CBNs George Thomas.

- Out of the 57 nation member states

of the Organization ofIslamic Cooperation,

Azerbaijan is probably theclosest friend of Israel.

We have a 2,600 years old Jewish community

in Azerbaijan.

We have Christians, we haveMuslims living together

in peace.

Azerbaijan is a close friend of Israel.

I tell you that as Azerbaijan and Israel

do not only celebrate the relationship.

We're proud of this partnership.

- [Announcer] Therelationship includes Israel

selling advanced militaryequipment to Azerbaijan.

When the war broke out,Armenia's ambassador

to Israel protested thearms sales Azerbaijan

and left the country.

- The amount of weapons

that we are selling toAzerbaijan is very large

and I can quote the PresidentAliyev of Azerbaijan

a few years said the sum of Israeli sales

to Azerbaijan is five billion dollars,

which is of course, ahefty sum for Israeli

and it is a useful export market for the

Israeli military industries.

- [Announcer] This reportedlyincludes sophisticated drones

that can be a game changeron the battlefield.

- We buy on the open market,including from Israel.

And we're very grateful toour friends and partners

in Israel for being a great partner to us.

Now remember precision weapons are good

in terms of minimizingcivilian casualties.

They're targeting onlyand only military targets.

Azerbaijan has repeatedly said,

we have no intention to harming civilians.

Our goal is to fight with the military

and not with civilians.

- [Announcer] Azerbaijanalso uses conventional arms,

but on the open market from many countries

Armenia says civilianareas have been shelled

forcing many residents tospend the conflict in shelters.

Inbar calls the war tragicand hopes to see it end.

- We have nothing against Armenia.

We have no dispute with Armenia.

The Armenians have adispute with Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan has a dispute with Armenia

and we would love tosee those two countries

be able to co-exist in that region.

No, we have nothing against Armenia.

Armenia was never an enemy of Israel.

- [Announcer] But aftertwo failed cease fires

the fighting rages onwith no end in sight.

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Israel's Minister of RegionalCooperation discusses the

historic changes in the Middle East

because of the Abraham Accords.

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- Ofir Akunis is Israel'sMinister of Regional Cooperation

and serves at one of the mosthistoric times in the region

in nearly a quarter of a century.

We sat down with the Minister to discuss

the ongoing historic developments known

as the Abraham Accords.

Minister Akunis, great tobe with you on CBN News.

Appreciate it very much.

- Thank you for inviting me.

And I'm so very glad to see you here

in The Knesset in Jerusalem.

- You were there yesterday at the meeting

at Ben Gurion Airport.

Tell me your reaction tothis really historic meeting.

- Yeah, it was a historicday to see the aircraft

from the Emirates with the logoof Emirates and warm welcome

of the Israeli delegation to the Emirates,

to their Minister of Finance

and for the American delegation as well.

But they are here all the time.

The Emirates were hear for the first time

and it was an historicday and a very happy day.

Happy day for all of us.

- You've been servingIsrael for many, many years.

What does it mean tothe history of Israel?

- I will tell you something when I was,

let's say younger in thebeginning of the nineties

I remember the idea of new Middle East.

Then our late Presidentserved as a Minister at Paris.

He said it's a new Middle East.

So it wasn't then a newMiddle East, it wasn't.

It was old with a lot ofterror, tears and blood.

And we remember thedays of Oslo agreements.

But what happened yesterday,it was a new Middle East.

Because you saw theaircraft from the Emirates.

We are looking forward tothe delegation from Bahrain.

I think that something newis happening right now.

These days in the Middle East,there is the Iranian issue

and Iran, (foreign language)and Israel Emirates, Bahrain.

And I hope that you will find

in a few days in othercountries here around us.

So this is the new MiddleEast, and this is a new era.

- Quite a time to be theMinister of Regional Cooperation.

- I agree.

I agree.

So we have a lot of economic

regional projects that weare, want to restart them.

I have to tell you to restart them.

And we talked aboutthem with the Emirates,

with the Bahrainis and ofcourse, with the Americans.

I think that the Abraham fund is a very,

very important thingthat I heard yesterday

from Adam Bueller, the head of the DFC.

This is very important.

- Now that is $3 billion toencourage trade cooperation,

economic cooperationwithin the Gulf and Israel.

- Especially to thestates, to the countries

that will declare thenormalization with Israel.

So it will be for the benefit of them

but Israel will be part of the project.

And we have a lot of examples.

I can give you some examples,like the tourism project

in (foreign language)

nearby Jericho of course,and Jordan gateway

and nearby Bachchan.

And we talked about the Red Dead Pipe

and there is another project Med Red Pipe.

A lot of projects, of course

including the high-tech biotech, FinTech

agritech watertech, et cetera, et cetera.

So this is a great days toIsrael and to neighbors.

- We've seen Bahrain,we've seen in the UAE

who do you expect next thatmight normalize relations?

- I will let the Americansannounce about the next country

that will normalize theirrelationship with Israel.

It will be their announcementand our celebration.

- While there is celebration about the

Abraham Accords, there's also opposition

from Iran and Turkey seemsto oppose it as well.

How would you characterize theopposition within the region?

- I'm very sorry, I have to tell you.

I'm very sorry, becauseI think that there is

a huge opportunity to build anew regional situation here.

And of course, I cannottalk about Iran because

we know what has beenthere in the late seventies

and it's still the same situationand even worse situation

but I'm very sorry for Turkeybecause they can be part of a

new Middle East and the newworld in the junction from the

far East and from Indiato North America and to

and to Latin America as well,

and to South America,actually to the whole world.

And I'm sorry for the bad winds that came,

I'm very sorry.

- For evangelical Christians,

how would they give your perspective?

What should they be knowing

about the Abraham Accordsin this new Middle East?

- Of course, we arelooking forward to millions

of tourists from the Christianworld to come to Jerusalem

to see from close the beautyof this land and this country.

And of course

if there will be a peace inour region, it will be easier.

And there is a peace to comehere and to travel very safely.

This can be, as I said,a junction for peace.

This is the place, Israel.

And of course from here from Jerusalem.

- Appreciate your time Minister.

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of how Israel is becominga light to the nations,

just as the prophet Isaiah said it would.

- We're seeing peace breakoutwith the UAE and with Bahrain.

- Wouldn't it be wonderful

if peace spread throughoutthe Middle East?

Here's something that was on my heart,

I want to share a scripture with you.

It's from Isaiah 49.

And this is a prophecy of Israel.

The modern day, Israel.

It was insufficient that you be a servant

for me only to raise up the tribes

of Jacob and to restorethe ruins of Israel.

I will make you a light for the nations

so that my salvation may extendto the ends of the earth.

This was a scripture thatinspired David Ben-Gurion

and in his writings, hetalked about Israel's purpose.

As he was forming the modernstate, as he was working

in the 1920s, 1930s, workingso diligently to create Israel.

This was on his heart

and we today need to recognize the purpose

of Israel is not just togather the tribes, not just

to restore the ruins, notjust to make the desert bloom

but it's time for Israel tobe a light to the nations.

When you look at the emblem of Israel,

you see the menorah right there.

That was to recognizethat on the very emblem

of the state of Israel, thereis a light to the nation.

I like to remind people

the menorah is now outside the temple.

And that menorah isIsrael as Israel becomes

and is a light to thenation, repairing the world,

bringing good things to people.

So as Christian communicators,as people in Christian media,

our job is to tell the worldabout what Israel is doing.

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of boycott divestment sanctions,it's a difficult task.

I, like many of you, havebeen incredibly dismayed

at the rise of antisemitism

we're seeing throughoutthe world, here in America

and France today, throughoutEurope, in the Middle East.

The rise of antisemitism canliterally discourage you.

You're wondering whereis the source of this?

And why does it continue?

Even in the year 2020, why dowe still have these things?

And then on top of it,you had a global pandemic.

It can lead to discouragement.

There's something else from Isaiah.

And let me remind youthat the Isaiah scroll

was rediscovered, if you will,

in a cave in Qumran aspart of the birthing

of the nation of Israel.

It's the only complete scroll

of the dead sea scrolls.

And it's a prophecy of Israel.

But in that prophecy, here'sa word of encouragement.

And this tells you what God is doing.

He will not fail nor bediscouraged till he has

established justice in the earth.

And let that be our call andour mission that we are not

going to fail.

We're not going to be discouraged,

greater is he who is with us,than he who is in the world.

We will work together with God almighty

to establish justice in the earth.

Let that be our mission.

Let that be our call.

Be a light to the nations.

God bless you.

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- Terri Copeland Pearsonsjoined the fourth annual

Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast this year,

hosted at the Friends ofZion Museum at Jerusalem.

She told the virtual event howimportant Jerusalem is to God

and how he ordained the Jewsto be the keepers of the city.

- I had this sudden realawareness that the Lord had

shown me something ofhimself and that he was

was very delighted

that I had come to his house

because he always comes to mine.

But I had come to his

and I saw something andexperienced something.

So as I pray over you

and I pray over Jerusalemand I pray over the city,

I want to pray over thatrevelation of him and all that

he says that he is,and that he wants to be

to the Jews, to theChristians, to the whole world,

that he wants the worldto know him as he is.

And not as the ungodly want to define him

but to show himself as Israel'sfaithful shield and buckler.

And to show himself as the reliable

faithful one to his word.

And to know that the Jewsare the keepers of the city

not just the politicians own over it

but they are the keepers

that God ordained.

Keepers of his city.

And they should never let it be divided

while all can be welcome to come.

They are the ones chosen to see

to it that he is magnified,glorified, honored.

And so he can be revealed to the world.

- As Terri Copeland Pearsonssays, pray for the peace

of Jerusalem.

Pray also for the ongoingAbraham Accords and also

for the tragic conflict between Armenia

and Azerbaijan.

Well, that's all for thisedition of Jerusalem Dateline.

Thanks for joining us.

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I'm Chris Mitchell.

We'll see you next timeon Jerusalem Dateline.

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