Middle East, Trump reinvents history. And the agreements do not stop the real war: that of Israel and the Palestinians.

While portentous horns and thunderous cymbals accompanied Donald trump, Benjamin Netanyahu and the chancelleries of United Arab Emirates me Bahrain Towards the south portico, about ten rockets were fired by Palestinians from Loop to Israeli cities to make things clear: they are the ones at war with Israel, Since many years.

The place chosen for the celebration a Washington, the South Portico of the White House, was the same as the historical agreements signed by Bill clintonYitzhak Rabin Shimon peres me Yasser Arafat in 1993, but the atmosphere was certainly different. Listening to the words of Donald trump me Benjamin Netanyahu one would think that the WATER and the Bahrain – two small Gulf states separated by two thousand kilometers – had invaded Israel at his birth in 1948, cutting the Suez Passage the Israeli expedition, or launched a surprise attack during the Yom Kippur Or I fought a couple of bloody intifadas. Triumph he defined the WATER “A great country at war” and he said that until it came, “they just fought and did nothing else.” Netanyahu it went even further: it is a “pivot of history to end the Arab-Israeli conflict once and for all.” The strange reinvention of Triumph from the history of Middle East perhaps it is understandable. He has had visions of “blood in the sand for decades and decades.” But Netanyahu, son of a historian, who also fought in some of those war, has no excuse for this false narrative.

The problem with the Agreements not that they are not important. They are, even from a historical point of view. First recognition open of the hitherto secret alliance of Israel with the Arab nations of the Gulf and the will of Emirates He was born in Bahrain “normalizing” relationships is an important step to Israel in a strategic and profitable part of the Middle East. It is a personal achievement for Netanyahu that for decades has argued that Israel It must not make concessions to the Palestinians to open up to the Arab region, only “Peace for land”, but “Peace for peace”. But the “peace” it is making is with countries with which Israel he has never fought, you cannot pretend that this is the “Arab-Israeli” conflict. Israel it has not fought a war with an Arab country for almost 40 years, the last time in 1982 with the Syrian army on Lebanese soil. The neighboring “enemies” are still there Syria me Lebanon.

The normalization of relations with the Arab countries is the most positive aspect of the legacy of Netanyahu and it will be even more so if theSaudi Arabia will take the same path, even if it is not yet about making a real peace, as the Palestinians besieged in the Gaza Strip. Israel he is still at war with them.

With a group of reporters before the ceremony, Triumph said that five nations might soon take similar action and suggested that one was theSaudi Arabia. Analysts believe that Sudan and theOman are the most likely candidates for the standardization short term. But they also say that the Bahrain most likely acted only with the blessing of Riad and that the Saudi royals are considering their move and the benefits that accrue from diplomatic recognition of Israel. The murder of the journalist Jamal khashoggi two years ago, the crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman became persona non grata among the American public and all Congress. During this time she did not visit Washington and his interests were looked after by his brother, the prince Khalid bin salman, who was the Saudi ambassador to the U.S until 2019, and later he was appointed Vice Minister of Defense. MBS it really needs a quick change to get it back to its previous state. The influence of Riad in negotiations, however, it is limited in time. MBS I can not be sure that Triumph will be re-elected and should take into account that perhaps Joe biden could move to White House. A democratic administration is not exactly something the Saudi prince dreams of for his “rentreé.”