Less than a month of war in Gaza was enough to destroy what first the Trump administration and then Biden considered one of the greatest successes in the process of normalizing relations between Israel and its neighbors: the Abraham Accords. When the advances, the handshakes and the recognition of Tel Aviv as […]
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Less than a month of war a Gaza It was enough to demolish those that the administration took advantage of Trump card before and Biden later considered one of the greatest successes of the process normalization of the relationships between Israel and his neighbors: the Abraham Accords. When the advances, the handshakes and the recognition of Tel Aviv as an actor in the Middle Eastern context had required years of negotiations and mediation under the leadership of the tycoon’s son-in-law and advisor, Jared Kushnerthe attack from was enough Hamas of October 7th last year and, above all, the new and bloody escalation in the Gaza Strip that sealed his almost certain death.
The last episode in chronological order concerns the Bahrainone of four signatories to the Trump administration-sponsored agreements, along with United Arab Emirates, Morocco And Sudan. The Gulf Kingdom’s parliament has actually announced this Withdrawal of his ambassador in Israel and the cessation of economic relations with Tel Aviv. The reasons set out by the Manama Assembly are easy to understand: support for “the Palestinian cause and the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people,” while we in Gaza have now achieved this, according to sources in the Gaza Strip almost 9,000 deaths in just over three weeks of war. News that has not yet been confirmed by the monarchy at the time of writing.
If we exclude Sudan, the other two signatories to the agreement have also taken a stand against the government-ordered military operation Benjamin Netanyahu in the Palestinian enclave. The foreign ministers of Morocco and the Emirates are among nine signatories to a request United Nations Security Council so that we can work to achieve a armistice directly in the Gaza Strip. The joint statement, which also bears the signatures of the diplomatic chiefs JordanBahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait And Egypt expressly condemns the “collective punishment” the Palestinians in Gaza by Israel. This is a term that refers to a specific thing war crimes recognized by the UN. “Self-defense does not justify violations of international law and deliberate disregard for the legitimate rights” of the Palestinian people, the document says, condemning this too forced expulsion of the Palestinians in Gaza Rafah crossingon the border with Egypt.
Among these signatories there are also Saudi Arabiaanother country that has been carrying out a secret and gradual rapprochement with Israel for years, culminating in the visit of a minister from Tel Aviv to the kingdom in September for the first time in history Al Saud. The Israeli Foreign Minister, Eli Cohen, had gone out of his way to publicly declare that an agreement between the two countries “could be reached in the first quarter of 2024. We have reached a point where the probabilities are higher than ever before.” A little more than a month has passed since those words, spoken ten days before the Hamas attack, which today do not correspond to reality: after an initial period of waiting Riyadh It returned to its old positions by renewing its full support for the Palestinian people and condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Then there’s this Jordanone of the Arab countries that have historically been impartial in the conflict Guardian of holy places From JerusalemAlly of the United States and at the same time a state that welcomes one of the largest Palestinian communities outside the country Occupied territories. Even in the last few hours Amman has made the difficult decision to withdraw its ambassador from Israel. A decision of this kind, together with the current unity of the Arab and Muslim world in condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza, confirms a distortion of the role of the “Jewish State” in the region: Israel is facing a period of… insulation which hasn’t been seen for several years.