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Something To Celebrate in 2020: Peace in the Middle East | Opinion Bonnie Glick , Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies On 3/17/21 at 8:00 AM EDT For the entire world, 2020 will be known as the Pandemic Year. But 2020 may also be recalled fondly as the Peace Year by many Israelis and Arabs, for whom the signing of the Abraham Accords softened the pangs of COVID-19. It is fitting that four of the top countries in per capita vaccinations are also the pioneers of normalization: Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and the United States. Israel, the world vaccine leader, has inoculated 86 percent of its over-50 population and 55 percent of those Israelis 16 and up. The UAE has vaccinated two-thirds of its population and about a quarter of Bahrain s has received at least one jab. These extraordinary statistics demonstrate all three countries commitments to health, science, technology, innovation and global enga ....