Donald Trump announces peace deal between Israel and Bahrain

President Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Bahrain has become the latest Arab nation to agree to normalise ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Donald Trump and his administration to fully integrate the Jewish state into the Middle East.

Mr Trump announced the agreement on Friday, following a three-way phone call he had with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.