WhatsappThe Trump administration accomplished many critical things in the Middle East during it’s four years. Iran’s plans to blow up the State of Israel and much of the world were put in check and slowed down considerably. Israel was finally able to breathe easily following eight long years of a cold shoulder from the Obama Presidency. But most importantly, the Abraham Accords were absolutely historic in terms of how they transformed the Middle East.
For many decades, the enemies of Israel did everything to claim that there will be no peace in the Middle East until Israel gives away large swaths of it’s tiny country in order to create a new Arab State called Palestine. Benjamin Netanyahu has continuously stressed that Israel’s relations with other Arab countries is not dependent on it’s policies within it’s own borders.
But the pressure has always been against Israel. Finally, the Trump administration, with Israel and moderate Arab countries stood up to the pressure and signed the Abraham Accords, which basically said that Israel’s Arab neighbors have more to gain from working with Israel than they have to gain from working to destroy Israel.
The Democrats and other opponents of the State of Israel were flabbergasted that Israel would manage to make peace with it’s neighbors without any focus whatsoever on the “Palestine State” movement.
Here’s the point. Bahrain, the UAE, and other countries in the region all know that the “Palestine State” movement is nothing more than a “destroy Israel” movement. These countries are more threatened by Iran and radical Islamic movements in the Middle East than by Israel. They know that the eternal Arab refugee problem in Israel is a big sham created by the Arabs themselves and not a true humanitarian issue.
The bottom line is that the moderate Arab counties in the Middle East and Israel have more in common than the radical countries in the Middle East. When Morocco and Saudi Arabia join in in the 2nd phase, the Abraham Accords will truly accomplish their goal, and there will be peace in most of the Middle East. But that may have to wait till Joe Biden is out of office.
