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Posted on 03/18/2026 1:38:44 PM PDT by Rummyfan
It began, as so many unpredictable events did, on Oct 7, 2023, with the terror invasion of southern Israel.
An army regiment's worth of Hamas swept through Israel's largely unmanned Gaza defenses, on foot, in trucks, and even paragliders. They murdered in kibbutzes, at a music festival, and in the streets. The mass murder was as well organized as anything the Nazis achieved before establishing death camps at places like Auschwitz.
mas prepared for months, relying on in-person meetings between trusted members to evade Israeli electronic and human intelligence. It achieved complete surprise. Before IDF troops could mobilize and force Hezbollah back into the Gaza Strip — where the real fighting would soon begin — something like 1,200 Israelis were dead, mostly civilians. The dead included babies, children, and women sexually assaulted to death. Another 250 or so taken hostage, the remains of the last of them not returned until early 2026.
There was chatter in the early hours of that desperate Saturday morning of Hamas continuing the rampage northward to the West Bank, where they would join forces with the P.A., effectively cutting Israel in half. Hamas forces in Lebanon would sweep down from the north under an unending rocket barrage.
Had Hamas and Hezbollah gotten their way, the Oct. 7 invasion still couldn't have fulfilled the long-held dream of ending Israel and claiming "Palestine" from "the river to the sea." But it would have exposed Israel as weak and vulnerable, inviting further attack, weakening her will, and driving her people to emigrate back out of the Middle East.
Behind it all, providing the money, the weapons, and the vision: the Islamic Republic's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Middle East's new hegemon. And, with a near-witless Barack Obama...
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Also, Israel is the only developed nation with fertility rate above 2.1
I can’t think of any rational reason why the Gulf States wouldn’t be willing to work with Israel for the prosperity of the entire region.
They used to insist on the two-state solution. But the Gulf State Sheikhs no longer care about that (except for maybe Qatar).
Many are working with them. That’s why they’ve been getting attacked by Iran.
per Grok:
The Gulf states (members of the Gulf Cooperation Council: UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman) with the heaviest and most active economic engagement with Israel are primarily those that formalized ties through the Abraham Accords in 2020.
These ties have focused on trade, investment, technology, defense-related commerce, energy, and innovation sectors. Economic cooperation has persisted and in some cases grown, even amid regional conflicts like the Gaza war and more recent escalations involving Iran (as of early 2026).
Here are the key ones, ranked by the depth and scale of economic activity:
1. United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The UAE has by far the strongest and most robust economic relationship with Israel among Gulf states.
A Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) / free trade deal was signed and implemented, aiming to boost non-oil trade significantly (targeting $10 billion+ annually in some projections).
Bilateral trade reached around $3 billion+ in recent years (e.g., $3.2 billion in 2024, with continued growth reported into 2025–2026).
Key sectors include technology, AI, defense exports, investments (UAE sovereign funds have invested in Israeli tech/healthcare/energy), tourism, and logistics.
The UAE remains Israel’s leading Arab trading partner, with ties described as resilient despite regional tensions.
2. Bahrain
Bahrain was the second Gulf state to normalize via the Abraham Accords and maintains active (though smaller-scale) economic cooperation.
Trade and investment have grown in areas like finance, innovation, and defense.
While not as voluminous as UAE-Israel trade, bilateral flows increased post-normalization, with ongoing business ties in strategic sectors.
Bahrain’s engagement is often aligned with shared security interests, supporting economic channels.
3. Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has no formal diplomatic normalization or Abraham Accords membership (as of March 2026), and full ties remain conditional on Palestinian progress.
However, there are reports of growing informal/under-the-table economic interactions, including Israeli businessmen visiting Saudi Arabia, investments, and indirect trade channels.
Some normalization in economic spheres has been noted (e.g., via business delegations and eased entry for Israelis), though limited compared to UAE/Bahrain. Publicly, Riyadh maintains distance, but pragmatic economic contacts exist amid shared regional concerns (e.g., Iran).
Israel had warnings from the young military women on the border of suspicious Palestinian activity, but the men in charge did nothing.
Interesting. They are fighting Lebanon, and in Gaza as a matter of survival. Iran was not. They were trying to perfect a Shiite Caliphate, which meant submission from their Arab, Sunni Neighbors. As far as the so called “West Bank and Gaza” , Israel was given that land 3000 years ago. They are not interested in expanded territories, but just a few years of peace and not being attacked from all sides.
Oh, noes!
A democratic republic with zero designs on other lands unless said lands are harboring terrorists who seek to kill Israelis because they are Jewish!
Whatever will people do with a powerful state that just wants to be left alone?!
“They used to insist on the two-state solution. But the Gulf State Sheikhs no longer care about that (except for maybe Qatar).”
I think they’ve realized the “Palestinians” are crazy and genocidal.
There is a reason why Iran is the side that hasn't agreed to a proposed ceasefire.
And Iran has 77 times the land area as Israel.
This article is horribly written, and had no editing. Dreadful.
“unless said lands are harboring terrorists who seek to kill Israelis because they are Jewish!”
You just described dozens of nations, large and small, with a combined population of a billion people.
Islam is anything BUT rational.
“I can’t think of any rational reason....”
But that’s been true for at least 20 years. There is no “rational” element in the equation.
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