The ‘normalization’ of relations with Israel by Arab nations is an amazing feat. I am wondering what the incentive was that has finally changed their minds.
Like I said on the other thread he’s in New Yorker. He brought Luca Brasi with him to each signing.
And it’s working great :-)
Iran(Shia)/Russia/China vs. KSA(Sunni)/UAE+? vs. Turkey/Erodgan/new Ottoman Caliphate.
Any alliance with any Muslim nation is temporary until they re-gain the advantage. Then the jihad is back on. Same as WWII allies with the USSR.
RE: I am wondering what the incentive was that has finally changed their minds.
Trump simply IGNORED the whining of the PLO, HAMAS and the rest of the Palestinian politicians who never wanted to negotiate peace anyway. Why? Because of ONE important issue they would rather die for rather than consent to -— RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL AS A SOVEREIGN NATION.
Trump simply said, it’s a waste of time to involve the Palestinians in any peace talks, so he did two things:
1) Withdrew American aid money from the PLO
2) Simply by-passed the Palestinians altogether.
The Gulf states fear the Iranian mullahs and recognize Trump’s policies of defunding and defanging Iran. Israel also sees Iran and its pawns as an evil extinction level threat. The ancient adage asserts itself here. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
They are threatened by Iran. They want to chanfe the game before a potential Biden oresidency puts Iran back on track to head the new Califate.
” I am wondering what the incentive was that has finally changed their minds.”
Iran. All those explosions and other acts are hurting the regime there. This is scaring the crap out of every nation in the middle east. Last thing these countries need are their oil wells, ships, storage facilities and infrastructure mysteriously blowing up.
If you are a friend of the US and you become a friend of Israel, maybe these incidents won’t happen to you.
Money, it's a hit ...
Just a guess.
“I am wondering what the incentive was that has finally changed their minds.”
It was a Grand Deal on many fronts for the Arabs to cut off funding and ideological support to extremists/terrorists, and recognize Israel. In return we deliver regime change (or castration) in Iran, and economic diversification from oil.
It has been in the works from early in the Trump administration, and depended on a sophisticated understanding of everyone’s real motivations, and really expert deal making skills.