With the signing of the Abraham Agreement at the White House on September 15, 2020, a new historical era was inaugurated in relations between Israel and the Arab Gulf states. What was once a limited and secretive relationship suddenly blossomed into a multi-faceted public courtship. Against this background, the Azri Center for the Study of Iran and the Persian Gulf of the University of Haifa – operating as part of the Haifa Policy and Strategy Research Center (HMS) – hosted its annual symposium on October 3, 2020 entitled “Gulf States – From the Periphery to the Center.”…