English Language Broadcast
Panorama
29/08/2020
32:00
Today’s program focuses on developments in the Middle East following the US brokered accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to establish relations. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a brief tour of the region hoping more countries, particularly on the Persian Gulf, would follow suit. But an alliance with Israel against Iran, the maintenance of Israeli military superiority and the abandonment of the Palestinians was not as palatable to the other Arab countries.