Former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman inaugurated on Monday evening the Friedman Center for Peace Through Strength, an initiative to implement and expand the Abraham Accords between Israel and Arab states, Israel Hayom reported.
The opening event at Jerusalem’s Museum of Tolerance, where the center is located, put details of the historic accords on display, including the agreements’ economic aspects and potential initiatives on innovation.
Guest of honor included former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mrs. Sara Netanyahu, as well as numerous CEOs, entrepreneurs, and American, Israeli, and Arab government officials.
Also in attendance was Rabbi Zalman Wolowik, Shliach in the Five Towns, NY and a close friend of Friedman, as well Rabbi Shloimy Peles, who uses his connections to assist the work many Shluchim.
The aim of the new institute is to the expanding and scaling of the Abraham Accords Friedman helped broker last year among Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, Kosovo and Morocco.
The evening concluded with the world debut of the documentary film “Abraham Accords,” a five-part creation that sheds light on the accords and the part played by former US President Donald Trump and Emirati Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba.
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The Abraham Accords are truly a good thing, but the world is so shakey these days that there’s no way to predict whether The accords will remain permanently or not. At the end of the day it would be safe to assume that they are another part of Hashem’s plan leading to the ultimate geulah – for us and all of the world. May it happen NOW.
B”H It’s interesting looking at these pictures, it shows how this world is really just a through way, all these ppl who were at this event not so long ago were riding on top of the world, in control and powerful, and now just a short few months later they are regular people, with no power. It comes to show how little we really are. One day we can be big and the next we can be small, and the same is the other way, therefore we should always treat ppl with respect because we never know when he will… Read more »
Good observation!
Rabbi Zalman Wolowik
Keep up your great work
Gut Shabbos
That’s exactly right. So much more realistic than the naive peace through appeasement policy which led to the loss of so many precious lives.