At a meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu in the White House prior to the signing of the peace agreements with the UAE and Bahrain, President Trump declared, "There will be peace in the Middle East." Trump added that "five or six more countries" are likely to sign peace agreements with Israel in the near future.

President Trump related to the Palestinian issue in answering a question from reporters as a press briefing held with Prime Minister Netanyahu prior to signing peace accords with the UAE and Bahrain."I stopped payments to the Palestinians but other countries keep giving them money," Trump said."We spoke with the king of Saudi Arabia and with the crown prince of Kuwait regarding them. The Palestinians have been accusing other people for years. They will join this process when they think it will be good for them. Israel wants peace after so many years of war, even Bibi wants peace," Trump added.

Government ministers who sit In the coronavirus cabinet have stated their recommendation to hold classes tomorrow, despite the request of the government's coronavirus czar, Prof. Ronni Gamzu, who has called for classes to stop until after the nationwide lockdown ends.The ministers recommended that the last day of classes prior to the lockdown "vacation" should be tomorrow, and the decision will shortly be voted In by the government.

Speaking to British MPs this evening, Dr. David Nabarro, special envoy of the World Health Organization (WHO) In coronavirus, warned that the world is "still at the beginning" of the pandemic."It"s much worse than any of the science fiction about pandemics. This is really serious - we"re not even in the middle of it yet. We"re still at the beginning of it," he said."And we"re beginning to see what damage it"s going to cause the world. And it"s getting nastier as we go into this particular phase in Europe of watching the thing come back again."He added: "None of us find the present situation anything other than horrible, grotesque, really embarrassing."It"s a terrible situation, a health issue has got so out of control it"s knocking the world into, not just a recession, but a huge economic contraction which would probably double the number of poor people, double the number of malnourished, lead to hundreds of millions of small businesses going bankrupt."

According to reports In the Kikar Hashabbat website, the Admor of Sanz (Netanya) has been diagnosed with coronavirus.The Rebbe was tested for the virus after several days of feeling weak.

According to new figures published by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS), influenza and pneumonia have overtaken coronavirus as prime causes of death in Britain.The Telegraph reports that just 78 people died of coronavirus in the United Kingdom in the week ending September 4, the lowest weekly figure since the pandemic's outbreak.One percent of UK deaths now mention coronavirus In the death certificate, as opposed to 12.8 percent which mention influenza and pneumonia.

This evening starting from 8 o'clock the walls of the Old City near Jaffa Gate will be illuminated with the flags of the UAE and Bahrain to mark the signing of the historic peace agreement at the White House.Between 7-7:45 the Old City walls will be lit up with the flag of Guatemala in honor of that nation's independence day celebrations.

Defense Minister Gantz, leading up to the Abraham Accords signing ceremony at the White House this evening, tweeted as follows: "Tonight we'll be witnessing a very important historic event in the signing of the Abraham Accords, promoting peace between the Emiratis, the Bahrainis, and the Israelis. I want to wish Prime Minister Netanyahu good luck. I want to thank President Trump for his visionary leadership in promoting this very important accord."On our side, as Israelis, we must make sure we can promote peace and at the very same time make sure that we are taking care of our security needs, because Inly together- with peace and strength- can we ensure the prosperity and the stability of Israel and this region we are living in."