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Trump and Netanyahu’s celebration of failure
Sam Bahour made the comments below in an interview with a journalist which did not air but that he later transcribed and shared with us. -Editor
The announcement of normalized relations between the UAE and Israel comes as no surprise for Palestinians. The normalization by several Gulf States, led by the Emirates, and Israel has been ongoing for a long period of time, under the table in a way, and this brings it to the surface. In analyzing, I would say it was brought to the surface at this specific time for a very concrete reason. And that’s Trump-Netanyahu’s failure to move forward on their “Peace to Prosperity” vision with annexation.
This was a colossal failure. Not only did they not bring the Palestinians into the game, thank God, but more importantly, even the international community was very clear that this is illegal, this will destroy the potential for a future resolution between the two sides, and even more important, within that international community, was Jordan, which took a very strong stance, basically threatening the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan.
All of those together culminated in the failure of Trump and Netanyahu to be able to realize any part of the plan. The way they run forward to get out of the crisis is to create this red herring, by describing the deal in the press conference at the…
