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JERUSALEM Of the seven hundred guests, the only one staying home is the one who should have been invited. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington with the entire family, advisers and the head of the Mossad. He did not bring with him Gaby Ashkenazi, the foreign minister, an opponent of the election campaign who became an ally of the coalition. It is he – establishes an Israeli law of 1951 – who must sign treaties with other nations. So the former chief of staff studied the document overnight and granted Netanyahu (in technical terms, a lawyer) permission before the ceremony.. In return, he obtained confirmation that the agreement will have no value until it is approved by the full government and by Parliament.
On the grass of the South Lawn of the White House, the same background of white columns from the signing of the Oslo accords on September 13, 1993, few wear masks, the most loyal are the Israelis, the country must go through the second quarantine as of the day after tomorrow. total to curb the epidemic. Donald Trump wanted to give a biblical name to this pact between the Jewish state, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain: the Abrahamic agreements are the first since 1994, of the handshake with Jordan. The American president speaks of “blood that soaks the sands of the desert”, explains that even Netanyahu “is tired of the war”. In reality, the three countries have never fought, yesterday’s signature does not close a conflict as with the Jordanians (and first with Egypt in 1979). However, “a new dawn of peace is opening in the Middle East”, proclaims Trump, while Netanyahu, Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (Emirati Foreign Minister) and Abdullatif Al Zayani (Bahrain) repeat: “It is a historic day” .
Trump assures that “at least five other nations are willing to follow these steps”, that the Palestinians will also negotiate again (“we are talking about that”), that he could reach an agreement with Iran in a short time, “if I were re-elected “. For now, the ceremony has only brought together the divided Palestinian leaders, President Abu Mazen spoke with Ismail Haniye, head of Hamas, and together they reiterate: “Our cause is not selling.” In the same minutes as the signing, the Gaza Strip militiamen fired rockets at Israeli cities, 6 injured in Ashdod.
The few details in the document stem from Israeli political controversies. The left-wing opposition reveals that the agreement gives the green light for the United States to sell the F-35 military aircraft to the Emirates, it would be the first time that an Israeli government renounces the “exclusive” in the region on American weapons. The far right reacts to other hypotheses: the text would contain a reference to the two-state solution along with the Israeli promise to stop the annexation of part of the West Bank and the construction of settlements.
The pact annuls the formula that until now the Arab nations have wanted to impose to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel. The first step was land for peace. Now the equation is peace in exchange for tourists, technologies and an alliance against Iran: the business between the three countries will immediately reach 500 million dollars, pilgrims from the Emirates and Bahrain will be able to visit the Temple Mount, the third most sacred to Islam as Israeli travelers immerse themselves in Dubai nights. Three hours of flight.
September 15, 2020 (change September 15, 2020 | 22:02)
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