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Mike Pompeo arrived in Israel on Wednesday: one last time and only as the outgoing US Secretary of State. He himself refuses to use the word change of government. But all of your hosts have officially recognized Joe Biden as president-elect of the United States. Even if almost all the heads of government in this region openly mourn Donald Trump.
Shortly before Pompeo’s landing, Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone, who openly addressed Biden as president-elect of the United States. Netanyahu has been on Biden’s terms for decades. More than with Trump. But the old friendship now needs a lot of polishing. Netanyahu’s election campaign for Trump has sparked much discontent among Democrats. The first few months can be lead.
The goal of the Pompeo Middle East tour is no longer to plan ahead. Nothing concrete. In Israel, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdellatif al Sajani is also at the table. Bahrain now also has diplomatic relations with Israel like the neighboring United Emirates. A new approach to the Arab world after decades of boycotting Israel.
There he was received with unexpected objectivity. Even the Palestinian protests were surprisingly weak. Close relations have been operating for years under the radar and in the shadow of Iran’s threat policy in the Gulf, and Trump made them official. Biden wants to negotiate a new nuclear deal with Iran. That’s not a surprise either: Trump wanted that too.
On the day of Pompeo’s landing, the Palestinian Authority security forces resumed their cooperation with the Israeli army. President Mahmoud Abbas interrupted him after Netanyahu’s announcement of the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territories. Which then did not materialize.
