Thanks to the Abraham Accords, Jordan and Israel Are Concluding a Solar-Energy and Water Deal https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/israel-zionism/2021/11/thanks-to-the-abraham-accords-jordan-and-israel-are-concluding-a-solar-energy-and-water-deal/

November 18, 2021 | Lahav Harkov
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Accompanying Israel’s normalization agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain has been much hope that these would usher in something more robust than the “cold peace” resulting from Israel’s peace treaties with Egypt (1977) and Jordan (1994), which have brought out-of-the-spotlight security and intelligence cooperation, but not much in the way of economic or cultural exchange. Not only have the events of the past year suggested that such hope was merited, but now there is also reason to believe that the Abraham Accords are helping to expand the relationship between Amman and Jerusalem. Lahav Harkov reports:

Israel and Jordan are set next week to sign a cooperation agreement in the areas of energy and water in the United Arab Emirates, which helped to mediate the agreement. The agreement states that Israel and Jordan will help each other deal with the challenges of climate change.

Israel agreed to examine the possible construction of a designated desalination plant to export more water to Jordan at full price, and Jordan will consider building a solar field in the desert in Jordan to export clean energy to Israel, which lacks open space, and to test solar-energy storage solutions.

The energy agreement is based on the Water and Energy Nexus, a project of EcoPeace Middle East, which brings together Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian environmental experts and activists.

Read more on Jerusalem Post: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/israel-jordan-to-sign-uae-mediated-energy-and-water-agreement-685230