Donald Trump’s legacy, like the man himself, will be complicated, but the one certainty is his record of achieving what conventional wisdom said can not be done. His world-shocking victory in the 2016 election is the best example, and the order to develop and approve COVID-19 vaccines in just nine months is another example.
The Abrahamic Covenants is a third beautiful achievement. When Trump took office, only two Arab countries, Egypt and Jordan, had treaties with Israel, a situation that has existed without change since 1994. There are now six regional nations with diplomatic relations with the Jewish state.
“We make it look easy,” joked Jared Kushner, whose sustained and tireless diplomacy helped secure historic breakthroughs.
Of course, there was nothing easy about adding the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan to the list of those who recognize Israel’s right to exist and open trade and tourism routes, which would be an economic boost for all participants. had to give. If it were easy, the transactions could have been signed at any time over the past 75 years.
That they were signed with Trump (shown with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan) in the White House ‘ a direct result of his policies. The most important among them was his position on two fundamental issues: he would bring America closer to Israel and treat Iran as the dangerous pariah it is.
Both positions represent a reversal of the policy of the Obama-Biden government, which treated Israel as an issue and Iran as an opportunity. The result was eight years of uninterrupted failure – a freezing point in talks between Israel and the Palestinians and an encouraged Iran aggressively spreading chaos and terror.
Trump, on the other hand, “was unbound by what had come before and pushed people out of their comfort zone,” Kushner said in an interview. “We were transactional and he gave us a lot of leeway.”
The ‘comfort zone’ that Trump faced included decades of receiving wisdom in the US State Department and in foreign ministries around the world. They insisted that progress would come after America pushed Israel to conclude peace with the Palestinians, which would eventually lead to a gradual warming of relations between Israel and Arab states.
Conventional wisdom also accepted that the nuclear treaty of Iran, which Obama had designed, would tame the mad mulla’s quest for domination.
All of these assumptions were wrong.
Trump, Kushner, David Friedman – America’s ambassador to Israel – and others took a different approach. They believed in embracing Israel and isolating Iran by withdrawing from the nuclear deal and reintroducing sanctions. They were right.
The first test decided in 2017 to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which instead of a widespread Arab riot, only a small murmur. Similarly, the recognition of Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights did not cause any explosions.
This ‘merger with Israel’ as Kushner calls it, while taking on Iran, was a rally for Arab countries who were tired of Palestinian rejection and afraid of Iran’s military intentions. They increasingly saw Israel with its powerful army as an ally against Iran.
“Everyone who takes a flight between Israel and any of these countries becomes an ambassador for the Abrahamic Treaty,” Kushner said. “It just goes to show that all the old thoughts about what was possible were over.”
One American involved in the process noted that events that were unthinkable only months ago, such as kosher restaurants opening in Dubai and Arabs visiting Israelis to take photos, happen so quickly and frequently that it is not even newsworthy. is not.
Although it is not yet the lion that will lie down with the lamb, the opportunity is there to expand the alliance. Saudi Arabia has added its unofficial ties with Israel, and the crown prince recently met with Netanyahu.
The Palestinians, who foolishly cursed Trump and refused to negotiate with Kushner, have said since the election that they will speak to Israel and Washington again. Expect, as always, that they should overplay their hands and reject any offer that could improve lives for their citizens.
Kushner, who has endured many pickups as Trump’s son-in-law and special adviser, is always the diplomat when asked what he thinks Biden will do.
“I hope people will take a moment to see that what we have done is built on a logical basis,” he said, adding that he would like to see “the next government follow the path.”
It would be wise and prudent to acknowledge the agreements as a gift. Instead, Biden has already said he hopes to rejoin the Iran deal, which will undermine the new alliance and create nervousness about Iran’s aggression. He also plans to resume payments to Palestinians, which Trump ended because the money was used to pay ‘salaries’ to the families of terrorists who killed Israelis.
In addition, many of Biden’s fellow Democrats are openly hostile to Israel, especially among Netanyahu, and some, including Representative Ilan Omar (D-Minn.), Regularly use anti-Semitic troops.
All of this points to the opportunity for historical stability and local economic growth that Trump has created is threatened by Biden’s declining thinking. What a waste, what a tragic waste.
Hypocrisy of silence
The mayor, the governor, the city council and the legislature are riding on the hobbies of social justice and Black Lives Matter. Why then are they silent about the growing number of black New Yorkers being killed?
As of December 20, the NYPD reports that 437 people were killed in 2020, up from 314 for the same period last year, an increase of 39 percent. That means another 123 casualties, and if the patterns exist in the past, the vast majority of the dead, perhaps up to 95 percent, are black or Latino.
In total, more than 1,800 people were shot in the city, an increase of nearly 1,000 victims compared to last year. For the past few years, almost all the shots have been black and Latino, just like the shooters.
Where is the outrage?
A Dem Hunter-I? Yes, right
Lay this under Fat Fat.
Reader Jeffrey Tew, a Miami attorney, supports a special counsel for the Hunter Biden investigation. He writes: ‘Democrats expect us to believe that an attorney general appointed by Joe Biden will charge son Hunter or brother Jim if the evidence justifies a charge. We must believe that the new AG, who will be a lifelong Democrat, will be the first in American history to allow the accusation of a family member of the president who appointed him.
“Even a special lawyer will be difficult to file a complaint if necessary, but there is at least a chance of a fair result.”
Headline: “Girl Scouts Rebuke Boy Scouts in Increasing Recruitment War.”
No, nothing is sacred in 2020.