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The Haaretz newspaper said in an analytical report that “no one in the Middle East is ready to enter a long military escalation, at a time when Corona is wreaking havoc on countries’ economies.”
On the other hand, says the newspaper, “these conditions allow Israel to consolidate new alliances, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu benefited from the desire of US President Donald Trump to achieve a diplomatic achievement and signed an important peace agreement with the United Arab Emirates “.
The report added that this week, “it also witnessed an additional bonus, represented in Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow Israeli aircraft to use its airspace on their way to other destinations.”
Netanyahu’s move “improved Israel’s position with the Sunni states and forced the Palestinians to recalculate their plans, after they found they had lost the support of the Gulf states.”
In addition to the agreement with the United Arab Emirates, “which could be signed in Washington earlier this month, the entire region is entering a tense period of waiting for the results of the US presidential elections in November.”
The report notes that “the Corona crisis affects developments in two crucial areas for Israel: the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.”
In Gaza, “a ceasefire was achieved this week, after weeks in which Hamas launched balloons and incendiary rockets, to which Israel responded with aircraft and tank fire.”
The newspaper quoted a senior security official as saying: “A strategic opportunity has been created in Gaza, and everyone realizes that there is an opportunity for a long-term settlement, which could also include broader economic movements such as the establishment of industrial zones along the borders and the solution of the problem of Israeli prisoners and soldiers “. Disappeared in the fight. “
In Lebanon, the newspaper refers to “what two Israeli army intelligence officers concluded in a group of writings at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center, that events in Lebanon require Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to be flexible on the basic principles and questions that are based on A constellation of rigid concepts. “
The two officers refer to “the growing opposition in Lebanon to the continuation of” Hezbollah “in maintaining its weapons depots while holding the reins of power.”
