If Trump wins, he will forge full steam ahead with his plans to remake the Middle East in his vision. If Biden wins, expect him to repudiate the entire Trump agenda
Will the Trump administration’s blueprint for Arab-Israeli peace turn into a document as enduring as the Balfour Declaration, or the UN declaration of Israel’s statehood?
Or will it succumb to the vagaries of Middle East politics and unforeseen geopolitical shocks?
Obviously, much depends on whether President Trump wins a second term and whether Israel’s government remains stable enough to make major decisions. And whether more Arab and Muslim nations are truly ready to reconcile with a Jewish state in a region Islam views as their ummah.
When the deal was first announced in January, it was billed as a green light for Israel to impose sovereignty over the Jordan River Valley and the settlements of Judea and Samaria. Eight months later, sovereignty is suspended, taking a backseat to Israel’s burgeoning new relations with the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states, which looks like a mixed blessing as the year 5780 comes to an end.
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