Admittedly, the photos did not have the symbolic power of those of the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, or of the peace treaty between Jordan and Israel, to mention only the most recent. Donald Trump nevertheless obtained a precious diplomatic victory on Tuesday, September 15, with the initials at the White House of the normalization agreements sponsored by the United States between the Jewish state and two Arab Gulf countries: the federation of the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain.
With just seven weeks of the presidential election of November 3, this double signature inflated the optimism of the president. “We are very advanced with around five countries, five countries [arabes] additional “, he assured while receiving the Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu. “We have at least five or six countries that will join us very soon, we are already talking to them”, he added.
While the Palestinian Authority deplores a “Betrayal” in relation to the Arab Peace Initiative which subordinated normalization to the creation of a viable Palestinian state, Donald Trump said he was confident that “The Palestinians will fully become a member, I am not saying this out of bravado, I assure you that the Palestinians will be part at the appropriate time”. He also predicted that after a possible re-election Iran would try to negotiate with the United States.
This proactive discourse about “The dawn of a new Middle East” aims to present the tenant of the White House as an artisan “Peace and stability” in this region. A prospect whose consequence would be the withdrawal of American troops, in accordance with the wishes of a president who regularly criticizes American deployments outside the borders of the United States.
“Maximum pressure”
This American sponsorship came at the right time after the setbacks accumulated by the Trump administration on a series of international files.
The breakthrough brought about by normalization between the UAE and Israel in August overshadowed the humiliation Washington suffered at the United Nations over Iran. The United States was almost unanimous against them in the Security Council in wanting to restore UN sanctions through a mechanism provided for by the international agreement on Iranian nuclear power, from which it withdrew in 2018.
The “Maximum pressure” against Tehran, while plunging Iran into a deep economic crisis accompanied by a stiffening of the regime, has so far not produced the expected results. On the contrary. The Islamic Republic having resumed its uranium enrichment activities in response to the American about-face, it is now closer to a military nuclear capacity than before the entry into office of Donald Trump.
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