Politics and Policy, the Next 100 Days

Binyamin Rose

IN THE NEXT 100 DAYS…

Another Muslim nation will join the Abraham Accords and normalize ties with Israel.

I wouldn’t set my stopwatch; it could take 200 more days, but I make this call for three reasons:

1. Assuming Israel emerges with the upper hand from its military campaign in Gaza, that projection of strength will encourage another Muslim nation to step forward, (as opposed to the conventional wisdom that Israeli concessions bring peace).
2. The Biden administration may schlep someone along to induce Israel to re-engage with the Palestinian Authority.
3. China views the Abraham Accords as a boost to its ambitious global economic agenda, and Muslim nations in the Far East want to curry favor with China.

Yochonon Donn

IN THE NEXT 100 DAYS…

…will be the first regular start of a school year in two years. Let me go out on a limb here and issue the bold prediction that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will try to steal Mayor Bill de Blasio’s thunder and take the credit. The city’s economy will be open then, and the two will issue competing executive orders when it’s safe to shop here and unmask there.

The love-hate relationship — and none of us really know if the professed love was ever real — between the two personalities has cost lives during Covid. But here’s my prediction: It will still be part of New York in 100 days.