In agreements struck this week, two Persian Gulf monarchies, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, will join Egypt and Jordan as the only Arab countries to recognise Israel, and form diplomatic relations with that country.
Is this new deal as significant is it seems? A big step towards a cohesive Middle East?
And what are the chances of winning over the really big fish – Saudi Arabia?
Listen to the episode with James Dorsey, journalist, and a senior fellow at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, in the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute and Ehud Yaari, a Middle East commentator for Israel’s Channel 12, and a Fellow for Middle East Policy at the Washington Institute on Saturday Extra with Geraldine Doogue.