Accords

The Gaza War brings to mind President Obama's speech to the Arab world when he first came into office. It was somewhat controversial because in Obama's book about his father entitled, Dreams From My Father, he was influenced by the fact that his father fought against the colonization of Kenya by the British. Some feel that Obama saw the relationship between Israel and Palestine as one of colonization. Obama spoke of strengthening ties with the Arab world. The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States President Barack Obama for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples". In 2020 The Abraham Accords were signed normalizing relations between Israel and two Arab countries and the Peace Prize went to The World Food Program.