In war, impatience is not a virtue
Would Israel be better off today if it had been able to fight these wars to their full conclusion? We will never know. Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran are weaker but still capable. New threats have emerged, including Syria’s new Islamic government, which is evolving; and Egypt and Turkey adopting a more assertive and dangerous posture. The players have shifted, but the anti-Israel dynamics remain the same.
As confident as President Trump sounded about the prospects for regional peace during his Hoshana Rabbah Knesset speech and at the follow-up Arab summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh, peace between Israel and the Arab and Muslim world remains as elusive as ever.
Trump has a lot of clout with all the players in the process, but all of the arms and business deals in the world will not put an end to centuries of religious conflict and decades of Arab wars waged against the State of Israel.
Trump persuaded Egyptian president Al-Sisi to extend a last-minute invitation to Bibi Netanyahu for the Sharm conference, but the invite quickly ended up in the dumpster when the presidents of Turkey and Iraq both threatened to turn back — in mid-air — if Netanyahu set foot in Sharm.
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