The day that changed Israel and the region

By Hayvi Bouzo, Co-Founder & Co-Editor, Middle East 24 (ME24) and Co-Founder & Executive Director, Yalla

“By October 6, 2023, Israel had already normalized relations with the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan through the Abraham Accords, and was on the verge of a historic peace agreement with Saudi Arabia: the birthplace of Islam and home to its holiest site, and other Muslim majority states. For Iran and its network of terrorist militias, such a breakthrough was existential.”