| Tober said: With the Abraham Accords I had a little hope the Middle East situation was on a road to peace at last. But that's pretty much in the drains now. I cannot see more ME nations joining it any more. |
The Abraham Accords didn't really promote peace in the middle East, it was more an alliance / coalition building against Iran.
The accords were already treading water before Oct 7, very unpopular in the region
https://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/five-reasons-why-abraham-accords-are-ceding-ground-arab-iranian-de-escalation
This is the premise "We, the undersigned, recognize the importance of maintaining and strengthening peace in the Middle East and around the world based on mutual understanding and coexistence, as well as respect for human dignity and freedom, including religious freedom."
Yet see how CBN reports on it, not hiding the real purpose of the Accords one bit.
An alliance with Israel (and US) against Iran. Then they use the Iran counter attack on Israel as validation for the Abraham accords. Of course no mention of why Iran made their well in advance telegraphed response that only ended up damaging the military airfield that was used to bomb their embassy...
Abraham accords were another one sided misdirection, strengthening the tensions in the Middle East rather than brokering peace.
China is working on establishing relations with Iran and Saudi-Arabia, trying to promote peace between actual divided sides in favor of trade.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/21/china-brokered-saudi-iran-deal-driving-wave-of-reconciliation-says-wang
https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/03/what-you-need-know-about-chinas-saudi-iran-deal
The Abraham accords were not a road to peace. Maybe China can do better bridging the fundamental gaps in the ME based on establishing trade relations between the divides.
Saudi-Arabia does still want to normalize relations with Israel, yet now it's based on ending the genocide first with a 2 state solution.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240522-saudi-arabia-wont-normalise-with-israel-without-political-horizon-for-palestinian-state-official-says/
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240707-saudi-arabia-calls-for-western-nations-to-sanction-israel-over-gaza-war-crimes/
Abraham accords are another failed Trump supported ploy that likely also contributed to Netanyahu's war on Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and even rattling Egypt by cutting them off from Gaza while some promote retaking the Sinai peninsula. Netanyahu relies on support from the US and the Arab states and has been trying to provoke a direct conflict with Iran multiple times, trying to get the US involved.
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/14/israel-iran-drag-us-war-netanyahu-biden/
At least Biden stopped that. His "ironclad support" only extends to the current genocide. No idea what Trump would do though...
In the end the ME will have to sort it out amongst themselves though. The US has only pitted nations against each other in the ME, all for oil access in trade for 'security'. You don't broker peace by banging on about an Axis of Evil. "On April 17, 2024, GOP U.S. speaker of the house Mike Johnson referred to China as part of "the axis of evil" that includes Iran, and Russia."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/axis-of-evil-speech-frum-bush/621397/
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2024-01-29/ty-article/.premium/israel-creating-a-new-axis-of-evil-endangers-its-peace-agreements/0000018d-523e-d7f7-a1cf-d27f82d80000
Bush' legacy still lives on, It's time for a change.
