Israel's secret diplomacy

1 big thing

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🗓️ 21 October 2020

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Last month, agreements brokered by the Trump administration between Israel, UAE and Bahrain sent shockwaves through the Middle East. There are now four Arab nations that recognize Israel which the Trump administration sees as an important step for strengthening stability in the region. While the peace deals might have seemed like a surprise to some, it's been going on for a long time. Plus, what you need to know about the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against Google. Guests: Axios' Barak Ravid, and Ashley Gold Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Carol Wu, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Dan Bobkoff, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alex Sugiura and Naomi Shavin. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Go deeper: Israel's secret embassy in Bahrain Justice Department sues Google over alleged search monopoly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning. Welcome to Axios today and we made it to Wednesday. It's
0:07.1	October 21st. I'm Naila Boudin. Here's how we're making you smarter today.
0:11.2	Washington's first major blow to big tech.
0:14.7	Plus, we go back to back to the future.
0:17.8	First, though, our scoop on Israel's secret diplomacy
0:21.6	is today's one big thing.
0:24.0	Last month, agreements brokered by the Trump administration between Israel, the UAE, and Bahrain sent shock waves throughout the Middle East.
0:35.0	There are now four Arab nations that recognize Israel,
0:38.0	and the Trump administration sees this as an important step for strengthening stability in the region. But there is an
0:44.1	interesting backstory here. Barack Raveed is the author of the Axios from
0:48.3	Tel Aviv newsletter which launches today and he's here with an exclusive that shows
0:52.4	just how long these deals have been in the
0:54.4	works. This is actually a fascinating story because for the last 11 years Israel
1:00.5	had a secret diplomatic mission in Manama, the capital of Bahrain,
1:06.4	which was disguised as a commercial consulting firm.
1:11.2	Israeli diplomats were there, but they were undercover as private
1:16.2	businessmen and they even had fake LinkedIn accounts giving all of their business experience,
1:24.2	business experience that they never had.
1:26.5	Barack, what's Israel's motivation for all of this,
1:28.8	both for the secret diplomacy before
1:31.8	and now the public relationship that now exists.
1:35.0	Trade and commerce and security and intelligence,
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