While historically any question of Israel-Palestine was driven heavily in a lot of Arab nations by the fate of the Palestinians, President Trump’s Tuesday unveiling of his “deal of the century” suggests that US reaction may now be the driving force.
A lot of Arab states, particularly Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf Arab states, are being very hesitant with their reactions, and are avoiding committing more heavily. Analyst Neil Quilliam said that those nations “are dependent upon the US and will not risk angering Trump, given his propensity to act like a petulant child.”
At the same time, there isn’t uniform acquiescence. Both Iraq and Syria seem to be opposed to the plan, fearing its regional impact and that it would empower the already militarily hostile Israel. Lebanon would almost certainly stake out a similar position by that same reasoning.
Concern about what is going to happen to the Palestinians, however, is still an issue domestically in those countries, and any that are too eager to endorse the plan the Palestinians have already rejected risk some political repercussions, even if it spares them from Trump being angry.
Nobody is talking about Turkey. Their statements of Palestinian solidarity has been crystal clear. There is a limit to empire, and manipulaiton – as there is sometimes too many fronts. I have watched the Palestinian Authority press conference (video) on the Al Jazeera channel, the PA analyize it about domestic Netanyahu indictiment and American politics. Remember the PA would not even take the President’s phone call, and in the ‘plan’ announcement Donald Trump indicates he sent the PA .a ”letter”. Seriously? You only send a letter to others you are not in direct contact with.
spanky has no clue what he agreed to, jes happy a lot of bleeding hearts are upset.
While the usual suspects try to appease the empire and their populations at the same time vis a vis Palestine, another potential game changer is brewing. The KSA just authorized the publishing of a “Judaized Quran”. Not only has the book been changed in language, it has been changed in content. Apparently the new text seems to buttress Israel’s claims to Al Aqsa. Changing the Quran is the mother of all third rail issues and MBS just walked up and laid his johnson on it.