White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (L) meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (R) during his visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 1, 2020. (Saudi Press Agency/Handout via Reuters)
Jared Kushner, WSJ: Opportunity Beckons in the Mideast
The Biden administration called Iran’s bluff early. It should continue to play the strong hand it was dealt.
The geopolitical earthquake that began with the Abraham Accords hasn’t ended. More than 130,000 Israelis have visited Dubai since President Trump hosted the peace deal’s signing this past September, and air travel opened up for the first time in August. New, friendly relations are flowering—wait until direct flights get going between Israel and Morocco. We are witnessing the last vestiges of what has been known as the Arab-Israeli conflict. The conflict’s roots stretch back to the years after World War II, when Arab leaders refused to accept the creation of the state of Israel and spent 70 years vilifying it and using it to divert attention from domestic shortcomings.
But as more Muslims visit Israel through Dubai, images are populating on social media of Jews and Muslims proudly standing together. More important, Muslims are posting pictures of peaceful visits to the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, blowing a hole in the propaganda that the holy site is under attack and Israelis prevent Muslims from praying there. Every time Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweets something positive in Arabic about an Arab leader, it reinforces that Israel is rooting for the success of the Arab world.
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WNU Editor: If President Trump was not defeated last year, my gut tells me that more Arab states would have signed onto the Abraham Accords .... Kushner: Saudi Arabia, Three Other Arab Countries Nearing Deals With Israel (Hamodia).
But with relations between the Biden administration and Saudi Arabia at a low right now, and no push from the Biden administration to arrange peace deals between Israel and its Arab neighbors, I doubt that this is going to happen anytime soon.
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