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What if the ME states have decided - in private - that they would actually like to move ahead with normalizing relations with Israel despite there not being any real movement towards Palestinian statehood? That the bare roadmap and disclaiming annexation of Gaza is sufficient? Or whether they would like to do it or not, that Trump is presenting enough of a bundle of carrots and implied threats that they feel that's their best option?
Well...yeah.
The ME states have grown up in a sense and discarded a lot. They now view Iran as their major enemy.
The Abraham Accords were the first step. Recall that Saudi Arabia and Israel were talking just prior to 10/7. History was moving towards some kind of relationship between the Israelis and the Arab nations.
Everyone pretends the Peace Plan is a win for the Palestinians, and gets their economic and security deals with Israel - and the ME gets regional peace even though the Palestinians still don't have a state? The Peace Plan is so poorly-suited to solving Gaza or the Palestinian state, but so wonderfully-suited to enabling a broader arrangement, I wonder if that's the play....
Well...yeah.
The Palestinians have worn out their welcome. In Egypt, in Turkey, in Qatar, wherever they go they bring their baggage with them and the other states have likely had enough.
