UAE, Bahrain sign agreements with Israel, welcome Donald Trump

 US President Donald Trump has hailed Israel's landmark agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain as "the beginning of a new Middle East". Donald Trump made the remarks at the signing of agreements in the White House to normalize relations between the two Gulf states and Israel. The two Gulf states are the third and fourth Arab states to recognize Israel since its inception in 1948.

Donald Trump hopes that other countries will follow suit, but the Palestinians have insisted that other countries do not. It should be noted that most Arab states have been boycotting Israel for decades and they insist that they will establish relations only after the resolution of this conflict. Speaking at the signing ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump said: "After decades of division and conflict, we are seeing the beginning of a new Middle East." Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu welcomed the agreements, saying "this day is historically significant, a sign of a new beginning of peace."

But Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has said that only an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories can bring peace to the Middle East. "Peace, security, and stability in the region will not be achieved until the end of the Israeli occupation," Abbas said in a statement after the agreements were signed, according to AFP. Two rockets were fired from the strip into Israel during the ceremony.

1. The Gulf countries see trade and other opportunities. This agreement will be very helpful for the UAE which has not only made itself a military power but also a place of business and tourism. It appears that the United States has promised to sell sophisticated weapons to the United Arab Emirates that it could not see in the past. These include the F-35 stealth fighter and the EA-18G electric fighter. The UAE is already using its well-equipped military in Yemen and Libya. But its biggest potential enemy is Iran, on the other side of the Persian Gulf. Both Israel and the United States are skeptical of Iran. And so is Bahrain. Until 1969, Iran was a regional contender over Bahrain. The UAE and Bahrain have already made no secret of their informal relations with Israel. Now both are thinking of trading openly. Israel has the world's most advanced technology sector. And before the Kodak era, Israelis were very interested in tourism, and they would certainly find the deserts, beaches, and shopping centers of the Gulf countries very attractive. It benefits everyone. Improving relations with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates is a significant achievement for Israelis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes in a strategy known as the "Iron Wall" in the 1920s. Under this, the Israelis thought that Israel should be made so strong that the Arabs had no choice but to recognize Israel. Israelis do not like isolation in the Middle East. Peace agreements with Egypt and Jordan were not warm. But they can be more optimistic about better relations with the Gulf states, far from Jerusalem. When will they have a big advantage against Iran? Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees Iran as Israel's worst enemy and sometimes compares him to the Nazis. Israel has now reduced its objections to the UAE's arms purchases. The prime minister himself is facing corruption charges. His policy on coronavirus was very good in the beginning but now it is facing challenges. Rallies are being held against them every day in Jerusalem. There was no better time for an event at the White House. This is a way to increase pressure on Iran. In an election year, these agreements are beneficial to the claim that they are the best contractors in the world. Any move that benefits Israel, and especially the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, will help appease evangelical Christian voters in the United States, most of whom support President Trump.

The anti-Iran "Friends of America" ​​alliance will now be able to work better when Arab countries will be able to work with Israel not secretly but publicly.

President Trump's so-called "Deal of the Century," a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, will not work. The agreement between Israel and the UAE has been dubbed the "Abraham Accord" and is being hailed as a major shift in the balance of power in the Middle East. It is being hailed as a major foreign policy achievement by Trump's White House. He called the so-called "Abraham Accord" a betrayal. The agreement shatters the long-standing Arab consensus that the cost of normal relations with Israel was the liberation of Palestine. And now Israel is forging new ties with the Arab states, while the Palestinians are still struggling with the Israeli occupation in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, and are living in open prisons in Gaza. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan says that in return for the agreement, Israel has promised to halt the process of integrating the West Bank into Israel.

The Israeli prime minister seems to have backed down, at least for the time being, because of the international pressure on him. The UAE offered him a route that could otherwise have been a political stalemate for him.

Now that Bahrain has joined the agreement, the unrest of the Palestinians will increase.

All this could not have happened without the approval of Saudi Arabia. It was Saudi Arabia that wrote the Arab peace treaty and demanded the liberation of Palestine. As the custodian of two major Muslim holy sites, Shah Salman has considerable influence. It is not possible for them to suddenly recognize Israel. His son and successor Muhammad bin Salman may be less hesitant. The deal has been strongly condemned by the Iranian leadership. This Abraham Accord has added to their worries. President Trump's sanctions are a source of economic trouble for him. Now they also face a strategic headache. Israel's air bases are a long way from Iran, while the United Arab Emirates is just across the Gulf. If there is talk of an airstrike on Iran's nuclear facilities again, it will be very important in this regard.

Israel, the United States, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates have many routes. And the Iranians have fewer escape routes.