President Biden’s visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia, scheduled for mid-July, is one of those things officials think must go right. The visits emphasize both nations’ respective regional power and influence, and Biden’s support for various positions of both.
It was agreed among officials from Israel, Saudi Arabia, and several affiliated Arab states to make a show of “tight cooperation” for the next couple of weeks, to avoid any dispute that might mar Biden’s visit.
That’s important for the US, which has invested heavily in Israel having a rapprochement with a handful of carefully selected Sunni Arab states. For Biden, the visit is at least in part a victory lap for that.
For decades, Israel and the Arab states didn’t have the best of relations, and old habits die hard, with rapprochement coming fast. Making a show of getting along doesn’t come so natural, but everyone agrees they need to at least try.
Talks probably won’t be a problem once Biden arrives, as Israel will probably want to talk about Iran, while Biden will want to push the Saudis for more oil production to try to bring prices down.
Well, we certainly wouldn’t want Amerikkka and ByeDone’s real, actual policies in IsraHell to be exposed now, would we?
Must sweep everything under the rug for AOB (absence of brains) Uncle Joe’s little visit.
I do wish for massive Palestinian protests that the senile old warmonger would dare set foot in their country.
remember when arabs and israelis were mortal enemies?
“For decades, Israel and the Arab states didn’t have the best of relations, and old habits die hard, with rapprochement coming fast. Making a show of getting along doesn’t come so natural, but everyone agrees they need to at least try.”
Yes, and when Iran is a failed state, those same Arab states will be next. Idiots.
You mean IF…!
I didn’t mean that like it’s an inevitability. Only that Israel will only be an ally to those other Arab states as long as Iran remains a viable state.
I would put it this way… When this Zionist Arab alliance fails to stop Iran the alliance will collapse because most of those Arab alliance are Iran’s neighbors…!
Serving the self interest of one apartheid regime versus the interest of the rest of the world…!