With the US election now behind us, attention turns to what this means for the world during the next four years, particularly in relation to the volatile Middle East. As we are aware, Middle East peace has dominated the foreign policy platform of US administrations for a number of decades now and we can expect that as soon as Donald Trump is inaugurated as 47th President of the United States of America, he will waste no time in attempting to bring this longstanding illusion to reality. In April of this year, when speaking about the war in Gaza, he simply said, “They have to get it done—get it over with, and get it over with fast because we have to get back to normalcy and peace.” Easier said than done, particularly when you have a genocidal death cult on your southern, northern and eastern doorsteps.
Of interest to me is the election of Donald Trump at the same time as the Saudis are pushing an Arab peace initiative once again. I do not see that as a coincidence. So, let’s examine what has been quietly unfolding behind the backdrop of the US elections.
In March 2002, representatives from the United States of America, various members of the Arab League and the Palestinian Authority (led by the now deceased Yasser Arafat) gathered for the Arab League Summit in Beirut, Lebanon. At the summit, the Arab Peace Initiative was endorsed by those Arab states present. Under the Arab Peace Initiative (API), Israel was offered peace and normalisation with Arab states on three conditions:-
- Israel’s withdrawal from all territories occupied on June 5, 1967;
- the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state (with East Jerusalem as its capital); and
- Israel finding a just and agreed-upon solution for Palestinian refugees. […]
— Read More: harbingersdaily.com
