Israel-Arab ties 'deter' Iran, Israel FM tells landmark meeting
Sde Boker (Israel) (AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the top diplomats of Israel and four Arab states wrapped up a landmark meeting Monday vowing to boost cooperation, which Israel said would send a strong message to its arch foe Iran. The talks brought together for the first time on Israeli soil the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco -- which all normalised ties with the Jewish state in 2020 -- and of Egypt, a country formally at peace with Israel since 1979. Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said that "this new architecture, the shared capab...