The Middle East is on the brink of the new tectonic shift in the regional balance of power. The previous years were marked by the growth of the Iranian and Hezbollah influence and the decrease of the US grip on the region. The January 2020 started with the new Iranian-US confrontation that had all chances to turn into an open war. August 202 appeared to mark the first peace agreement between an Arab state and Israel in more than 25 years.
Israel and the United Arab Emirates have reached a historical peace agreement. US President Donald Trump announced the breakthrough agreement on August 13, calling Israel and the UAE “great friends” of his country. In a joint statement, Israel, the UAE and the U.S. said the agreement will advance peace in the Middle East. The statement praised the “bold diplomacy” and “vision” of the three country’s leaders.
Delegations from Israel and the UAE are expected to meet within a few weeks to sign bilateral agreements regarding investment, tourism, direct flights, security, telecommunications, technology, energy, healthcare, culture, the environment, the establishment of reciprocal embassies, and other areas of mutual benefit.
In the framework of the peace agreement, Israel will suspend declaring sovereignty over areas outlined in Netanyahu’s “Vision for Peace” in the Western Bank. Also, Tel Aviv will reportedly focus its efforts on “expanding ties with other countries in the Arab and Muslim world.” The agreement will also provide Muslims with greater access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and other holy sites in the Old City of Jerusalem. It still remains in question how Israel will comply with its part of the deal as the annexation of Palestinian territories is the cornerstone of its regional policy.
In the near future, the United States will likely work to motivate other Gulf states to follow the UAE’s footsteps. In particular, another US regional ally, Saudi Arabia, is already widely known for keeping close ties with Israel in the field of security and military cooperation. Both states are allies of Washington and are engaged in a regional standoff against the Iranian-led coalition of Shiite forces.
The support of the UAE-Israeli agreement is also a logical step for the Trump administration’s regional policy, which is based on the two main cornerstones: the unconditional support of Israel and the confrontation with Iran. Through such moves, Washington may hope to create a broader Israeli-Arab coalition through which it will try to consolidate the shirking influence and contain the ongoing Iranian expansion in the region. At the same time, the overtures with Israel, which has undertaken wide and successful efforts to destabilize neighboring Arab states, could cause a public backlash among the Arab population and contribute to its further dissatisfaction with the course of its leadership. All these developments, together with the consisted Iranian policy aimed at the defense of Palestinians, will increase the popularity of Iran as not only defender of Shiites across the Middle East, but all Muslims in general. Tehran has been seeking to achieve this goal for years and achieved a particular progress in the field. The US-Israeli aggressive policy in the region also played an important role in fact promoting the popularity of the so-called Axis of Resistance. Now, the Iranian soft power in Arab states will become even more noticeable and create additional threats to Gulf states involved in a direct confrontation with it.
The Saudi Kingdom, as the main candidate for the next peace deal, will find itself in an especially shaky position. It is already involved in the long, bloody, and unsuccessful intervention in Yemen, with Yemen’s Houthis regularly conducting cross-border raids into Saudi Arabia and even striking its capital, Riyadh. Also, the Saudi leadership has a long-standing problem with the oppressed Shia minority, protests of which are regularly and violently suppressed by Saudi forces. Other factors are the apparent economic and social problems, not least due to Riyadh’s own adventures on the oil market and the coronavirus crisis. Therefore, at some moment the Saudi regime may easily find itself on the brink of collapse under the weight of its own social, political and economic mistakes, and controversial policies on the international arena. And it’s highly unlikely that the friends in Tel Aviv or Washington will decide to undertake any extraordinary steps to rescue the current political regime in the Saudi kingdom.
Israel is suckering in the idiots to help Israel with a strike against Iran, making those countries an additional target that Iran would have to counter.
This hardly constitute anything near a “historical” or “tectonic” shift as its being presented by the MSM.
The Arab Gulf regimes led by Saudi Arabia are a decadent, traitorous and pathetic bunch.
They are allowed to exist because they serve Zionist interests.
The IRGC have rehearsed their destruction and when the time comes for their undoing no one will shed a tear.
Selah
Exactly, up until yesterday the emirates and the other gulf kingdoms were still in the closet when it comes to their relationship with the Zionists, but the closet door was wide open and everyone with a functioning brain could see what’s going on. Until yesterday when the uae decided to step out of the closet. So the question is why now? All of this just shows that these puppet kings in the gulf are covered in layers of shame. If it was up to them they would keep their relationship with the Zionists hidden forever. But when the US comes calling they fight each other to get in front of the line, even if it’s to embarrass themselves. This is just election posturing for the sake of trump. I’m having a good time watching these servile kings grovel in the dirt for their false American idol.
The genocidal Zionist Apartheid Regime and the Quisling Stooge Gulf Dictators have been in bed together for decades, stabbing the Palestinians in the back and robbing their own people blind.
For nearly a thousand years, the people of the region have been invaded, slaughtered, massacred, colonised, oppressed, robbed and humiliated by outside powers.
How so? At the end of the 11th century, London and Paris were squalid little villages of not much more than 20,000 people. Cairo, Baghdad, Alexandria were sophisticated huge cities of hundreds of thousands. When the Crusaders arrived in Turkey and Syria, they were casually dismissed as a bunch of bandits who would steal some livestock and go home. But 3 years later they stormed Jerusalem and exterminated its inhabitants.
The reason? At the time, there was a civil war going on between Sunni and Shia. Anything sound familiar? The same pattern has been repeated for the past 900 years and more. Crusaders, British, French, Americans, Zionists, have always found local Quisling Stooge Rulers, ready, willing, able and eager to whore themselves out to foreign invaders and stab their neighbours and fellow Moslems in the back. This may conform to the worst racist stereotypes about Arabs, as stupid, treacherous, untrustworthy, irrational and immoral, but unfortunately there seems to be more than a grain of truth in this. The current Quisling Dictators of the UAE are just the latest in a very long and undistinguished line of similar, utterly contemptible and degraded creatures. One is tempted to ask, if Arabs have so little self respect, can they expect respect from others? Do they simply deserve their inglorious fate?
Saudi Arabia whored itself out to America and the Zionist Regime, begging them to attack fellow Moslem Iran and offering to pay the entire cost of the aggression. How contemptible is that?
Syria whored itself out to America when it sent troops to join Americas invasion of Iraq in 1991. Even though Iraqi troops fought and died in Syria in 1973 to blunt a Zionist invasion of that country. How contemptible is that?
Zionist aircraft routinely carpet bomb their Gaza concentration camp in their periodic pogroms. In just one such massacre, they dropped 20,000 tons of bombs, a greater explosive yield than Hiroshima, butchering thousands. Gaza isn’t very big, so Zionist aircraft used Egyptian airspace for their bombing runs – without a peep of protest from whore Egypt. They didn’t lift a finger. How contemptible is that?
Whore Saudis, Whore Syrians, Whore Egyptians. Just 3 random examples out of hundreds. One is tempted to say, they deserve all they get. They are the authors of their own misfortune.
Zionist aircraft routinely
Serious question. Why in the world don’t Palestinians, in the face of the irresistible Zionist force, just start a serious movement to get the hell out of the region altogether? Christ, its a desert shit hole based solely on cheap energy sources that are no longer cheap anyway. Why not beat the Christmas rush and get out now while the getting’s good? Fuck all the drama. Go elsewhere!
Turn that question around.Instead of the Palestinians who know no other homeland and whose ancestors have lived there for thousands of years move.Why do not the Jewish Zionists who in most cases have only been there for a generation or two at best.Who have only religious connections to the land.And who will never be accepted in the region.And at best can only have a truce with their neighbors.Why don’t they move out back to the countries they used to live in.Or for those not wanting to do that. Move to the US.Their fellows in the US almost own it now.So it wouldn’t be hard for them to fit right in.
Agreed in principle; but pragmatically, the Zionists have already won that argument. Love ’em or hate ’em, the Zionist cockroaches ain’t leaving anytime soon.
The Muslim invaders of south Asia conducted a similar policy to what the accounts of crusaders against the eastern Mediterranean depict.
For 1000 years as well. Somnath for example, was a temple of infidels burnt down 5 times. Those inifidels had the temerity to rebuild it 5 times.
Why the double standards for reporting on the muslims?
At the same time that the eastern Mediterranean was being attacked by western crusaders, muslims based in Persia and Afghan attacked south Asia. Why no mention of cities slaughtered like Delhi? Or masses of slaves, including harem slaves, taken.
There is a clear double standard.
Let us speak of Syria and Lebanon and Palestine. But let us speak of the global context, especially when throwing out 1000 years of attacks.
Lebanon has its major port blown up. The UAE comes onboard with a big deal. Whats next up?
And is it the same UAE along with Egypt fighting Turk forces in Libya? How does all this compute?
Where are all those islamist networks that were moving with such alacrity globally. There najor issues in Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia a while back. Did funding dry up? Did the Russians and Syrians kill off the main cadres?
In the History of South Asia, the most bloody and cruel events happened during the migration of Eurasian so called “Aryans” . They destroyed the native Mohanjedaro-Harappan civilization and made the entire native people as slaves by introducing the worst form of slavery known as Caste system. This caste system still exists, and is being promoted by the fascist RSS sponsored BJP government. The medieval invasions of India helped bring some of the natives out of slavery, but was not enough.
Some Palestinian friends once remarked to me they are not worried about the Israelies. They can care less if they are there, and besides the Israelies are going to eventually disappear anyways. What they are really worried about is the other Arabs.
I appreciate South Front for reporting this “dress up party” as an undertaking of “due diligence”. In other words, it is simply their job to report such garbage — sort of like the once great newspaper The New York Times, which functioned as the newspaper of record.
But aside from those poor lost souls who died and were sent to hell to report Israeli press releases, I simply cannot see anyone taking any of this drivel seriously.
Big news…
The client sheikhdom of the US just officially said what has been off the record for decades.
That sheikhdom are sold out and slave to the anglo zionst empire.
I fail to see tectonic shift here.
Only PR for Trump.
And open humiliation for the Arabs.
What is waiting KSA ? The so called leader of the Arab world and civilization to just do the very same.
Would that be a tectonic shift ?
Serbian proverb for such a “tectonic shift”: “The whole mountain trembled … a mouse was born.” (Тресла се гора – родио се миш…)
It was actually the Latin rendition of a fable of Aesop. “Parturiunt Montes, Nascetur Ridiculus mus”.
Gratias tibi. Quod erat vetus sapientia.
FYI_ good translation of Nasrallah 14 August speech
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1293602220919980033.html
42-Nasrallah: Now, UAE-Israel Peace Treaty. As a believer, who believes God will take me to account on this issue, I must say a few words on this matter. I don’t care to analyze — just to say a couple of clear words.
43-Nasrallah: We weren’t surprised by UAE decision, various forms of Israeli-UAE normalization, cooperation were already underway for a long time. But seems need for such an announcement was an American one, because normalization between Israel/UAE was already underway
44-Nasrallah: Timing also demonstrates how much Arab regimes serve America. Trump needs an accomplishment before end of his term. He has no foreign policy accomplishments, and now he has COVID, economic crisis, etc.
45–Nasrallah: Iran refused to buckle to his pressure when he withdrew from Iran Deal, no accomplishment w/ North Korea, Palestinians rejected Deal of Century.
46-Nasrallah: So, America’s tools stepped up to serve him a foreign policy accomplishment. Both him and Netanyahu, who is at the weakest point in his political career.
47-Nasrallah: We should expect from now until the American elections to see many more Arab countries making peace with Israel as soon as Trump and Kushner give them the signal
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69-Nasrallah: From the first moments, there were parties, media, electronic armies targeting the state itself – first, they Michel Aoun and riled up Christian street. Before even knowing who was responsible, they blamed President Aoun, w/media, social media, street campaign
70-Nasrallah: All of this was pressure on Aoun to resign, but there were other political factions that rejected this campaign. Others wanted to support, but not be tip of the spear. This attempt on Presidency failed.
71-Nasrallah: second targeted Lebanese state entity was parliament, through resignations — not constitutionally, or legally, but practically. This failed.
72-Nasrallah: The attack on presidency failed because Aoun is not the type of man that can be brought down by such petty methods. His history, braver, steadfastness attests to this.
74-Nasrallah: They also failed to bring down parliament. Some parliamentary blocs wants early elections, but not through resignation — for their own reasons.
75-Nasrallah: So, the goal was to bring down the state. Does any sane person, who is loyal to Lebanese people, to the wounded and missing, to the country to needs aid, take the country to the collapse of all Lebanese state institutions?
76-Nasrallah: They are trying to take the country to civil war. They were trying to do what they did when @saadhariri was kidnapped. I accuse Lebanese political parties and powers of bringing Lebanon to the brink of civil war for foreign interests.
Thanks for posting this. Hope the Lebanese (at least most) see through the attempts to undermine their country.
rumsfeld- cebrowski doxtrine. destroy institutions for corporate rule. no need to invade was specifically designed for the latin American region after the “which path to persia “
The genocidal Zionist Apartheid Regime and the Quisling Stooge Gulf Dictators have been in bed together for decades, stabbing the Palestinians in the back and robbing their own people blind.
The brown paper wrapping is off the package. Who is surprised?
What does this change?
It’s a political gift to the corrupt Bibi and shores up the Dominionist Evangelical vote for Trump, garners some more Jewish donations for Trump, and gets headlines until the Sunday talk shows are over.
Meanwhile, the policy to destroy Syria and Lebanon continue, the Palestinians get nothing, Iran faces more maximum pressure, ISIS is rearmed and the rest of the ME becomes more unstable.
It could speed the fracturing of Saudi Arabia, who clearly is no longer #1 Arab ally of the US.
Since it doesn’t solve the issues inside Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon or “Kurdistan”, what good does it accomplish?
It’s a headline.
The UNSC just ignored US threats and machinations and voted to do away with the arms embargo against Iran.
The Trump administration – in a bid to please its Zionist masters – walked away from the JCPOA in 2018, but inexplicably wanted to convince the rest of the signatories and the world, that it somehow stilled remained a party to the agreement – and as such, was entitled to trigger additional measures agains Iran.
This asinine effort pushed by Pompeo was just rejected, in a major blow to US power and prestige and should serve as additional evidence of the US decline.
This is what happens when a country puts the interests of another country – in this case, Israel – above its own.
Pledging unconditional support to another country will let you do stupid things on their behalf.
America’s terminal decline continues unabated…
Selah
More excellent reporting by Southfront.org. Best news site I know. Like the mention of Yemen in this. It is the 900 lb gorilla. This is a sign that the elite in the Gulf are laying the ground work for their escape to Switzerland. They are only doing this to save their own necks.
This is the perfect time for China to take advantage of this betrayal. China should arm the men of the Kush. Supply them and ferry them to Yemen. Support them logistically with the battle cry to liberate Mecca. China could rock the world if they can muster the courage and stop worrying about their own bellies. Artillery, air defense and drones are technologies that need to be battle proven. Chins has a perfect test bed in Yeman and lots of martyrs for the retaking of Mecca as its objective. Next comes Jerusalem.
I am glad they finally came out of the closet.
It’s not a tectonic shift, merely administrative regrouping. The Anglo Zio Capitalist project known as Israel is henceforth formally in charge of the Anglo Zio Capitalist oil company known as UAE. Head office remains in the City of London.
kl alturuq tuadiy ‘iilaa alquds.
Google translation,MOD:
All roads claim ‘giving Jerusalem.’
Does that mean that the Muslims will come to Jerusalem to bend in the Temple reconstructed by their ‘Abrahamic’ elder cousins? Is it not the place where Mahomed started his Night Journey? The Israel-UAE Peace Deal is the first step. It is not in vain called the ‘Abraham Accord’.
If it helps prevent the establishment of a Muslim Brotherhood ‘Caliphate’ it is a good thing. Erdogan is seething with fury.
I wonder whether Iran should elicit much sympathy when Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in international affairs and a medical professor, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, praised Turkey on Sunday for converting Hagia Sophia into a mosque, state-run Anadolu news agency reported:
“We congratulate the Turkish people for this important Islamic success,” Velayati said.
Velayati criticised U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and said that Hagia Sophia will forever be a mosque.
His ancestors converted all museums of the world into churches,” Belayati said about Pompeo, adding that “The Hagia Sophia, which has been a mosque for 500 years, will remain as a mosque until the apocalypse.”
Turkey is on the way to re-convert into a mosque and the famous Chora Church Museum covering its frescoes and mosaics, a jewel of Byzantine art. OTOH, despite its promise that the mosaics of Hagia Sophia would be uncovered for visitors outside services, it does not manifest any hurry to keep its promise.
The good news is that:
News has broken that the Muezzin of Hagia Sophia suddenly died on Sunday. In the statement made by the Mufti’s of Constantinople, “Our Kagithane District Uhud Mosque passed away due to a heart attack during the voluntary guidance service in Hagia Sophia Mosque”.
Thanks for pointing this out!
An extremely unfriendly gesture from a supposed ally of the resistance.
And the death in Hagia Sophia right after the conversion into a mosque is a very a bad omen for Erdogan and those who support him….
How disgusting to feel joy over the death of a human being who did not do any harm to anybody.
The ‘conversion’ of Hagia Sophia into a mosque with its clear and unambiguous anti-Christian message, the covering of the icons of the Mother of God is a blasphemy in itself. The muezzin was struck when preferring his blasphemes, doing harm to himself. It is a sign that the Mother of God is displeased.
To add to add to above long comment about global context. Israel is very powerful due tp global ethnic networks. Hugely powerful.
Realpolitik is maybe to find a practical solution. A military solution seemals impractical. Can they be allowed to stay while also helping Palestinians and having peace with neighbours? Or keeping neighbours safe from them? Is this even practical? If Hezbollah was not that there, would they already be annexing south Lebanon?
lost on most is UAE is a central part of chinas BRI. only last year signing up. trade not bombs. israel is a part of it. no one wants to confront the ramifications. israel china are having greater ties. the usa seems out in the cold with military bases as an archaic relif of colonial thinking the fourth industrial revolution goes on.
the usa cant stop these trade deals. is israel part of chinas bri ?. you bet you. is usa upset ?yes. globalists decades ago planned chinas rise and usa demise. nations fully under masonic control play along. but a nice distraction that china will be the main player in the middle east. not the usa. the bankers dont care. they own it all eitherway.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/29/china-uae-trade-deal-on-belt-and-road-isnt-a-surprise-wef-president.html
well worth reading the uae ministers comments regarding uae role
I can bring “peace” to the mideast in 2 minutes: Cut off ALL American money & weapons to Israel — instantly Israel will find a way to COEXIST.
I do not get why People are not grasping that Trump’s E.O. was “Biblical” and will have ramifications for centuries if not overturned quickly.
NOTE the “mission creep” in so-called “hate crimes … hate thought” now fast forward a few years with Trump’s latest addition to those claiming “Special Status”
America’s Pulpits should be shaking from sermons of Condemnation:
The greatest betrayal of Christ Jesus since “The KISS” of Judas Iscariot.
Trump’s “SUPER SUPERIORITY” Executive Order for Jews. The order will effectively interpret Judaism as a nationality, not just a religion, to trigger a federal law penalizing colleges and universities, and soon (((lawyers))) will expand it to cover Worshiping CHRIST since Judaism has hated and attacked Christ for 2,000 years.
For the first time since Emperor Constantine recognized Christianity in the 300th Year of Our Lord, Christians are relegated to SECOND CLASS CITIZENSHIP. 1700 years and JUDAS trump ISCARIOT again betrays CHRIST.
The first step in legalizing State sponsored Christian Persecution.
Trump has set the legal precedent for the subjugation of Christianity.
Trump just set the legal foundation for the TRIBULATION so many fret about.
Crosses on Churches ALREADY “offend” Jews . … so do Nativities, Carols, Trees …. Where do you think the “War on CHRISTmas” originates? Jews refuse to acknowledge Jesus or the NEW Testament and Trump just handed them the weapon to attack.
example: https://christiansfortruth.com/jews-demand-that-bible-be-censored-because-it-portrays-them-as-they-really-are/?unapproved=21401&moderation-hash=a2fc83371a947207efce98bd20d6efe0#comment-21401
Talk about “War on Christmas” … Like King Herod attempting to murder the Baby Jesus, King Trump has launched an attack on CHRISTianity by Officially Legalizing the elevation of Judaism ABOVE Christ, just 13 DAYS before CHRISTmas. Dec 12, 2019 a day of Shame.
The USA has a National Menorah but NOT a National Nativity
There is a “christmas tree” but that is nothing but a DECORATION .
Passing an executive order that prohibits First Amendment freedom of speech and religion on college campuses, elevates Zionistic Judaism to de facto state religion status, makes every Christian and non-Jew in America second-class citizens and prohibits any criticism of all things Israel on college campuses—which by implication prohibits the reading of the New Testament
It gets biblical because he is establishing the Legal Precedent which will become “anchored in Law” and lasts forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPby6C6BSrU
Chuck Baldwin roasts Treasonous Trump https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/3995/Now-We-Know-How-Germany-Let-It-Happen.aspx
Donald Dump names May “Jewish American Heritage Month” ….. when is “CHRISTIAN Heritage Month” https://www.bitchute.com/video/1Uq8y3wicW2i/
In order to help Israel, President Trump:
– Pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal
– Appointed Nikki Haley to fight for Israel at the UN
– Pushed forward with a bill to give Israel $38 billion from US taxpayers
– Put maximum sanctions on Iran
– Endorsed the illegal expansion of settlements
– Moved the US embassy to Jerusalem
– Cut all US aid to the Palestinians
– Backed Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights
– Outlawed criticism of Israel on college campuses by executive order
– Gave speeches commanding Americans to “love Israel”
– SHAMED America when he Assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani
– Released a massively one-sided “Peace Deal” to rubber-stamp annexation of most of the West Bank and the entirety of Jerusalem
a few things scream at you:
* No perp walks, despite all the evidence and his campaign promises
* Spending like a drunken sailor
* Talking the talk but never walking the walk
* This insane adherence to the terrorist state of Israel
* Pushing vaccines that are not proven
* Pretty much ignoring Putin, the only adult on the world stage
These moves prompted Ann Coulter to exclaim in January that she wishes Trump would “do something for the people who voted for him” considering all he’s done for Israel and his pro-Israel top donor, multibillionaire Sheldon Adelson.
A very accurate summary of the current state of affairs, May God Bless American and guide it’s people to reclaim their nation.
This last sentence:
“And it’s highly unlikely that the friends in Tel Aviv or Washington will decide to undertake any extraordinary steps to rescue the current political regime in the Saudi kingdom.”
It’s intrigueing to me, to say the least. What makes us thinking that? If not to say, that I grew fairly suspicious about characterizations like ‘highly likely’ or the reverse. It’s the Skripal soap all over again, though they are ‘highly likely dead.
I’m not sure to believe this. The Saud House regime is the saviour of the petrodollar regime. Are we sure that the TPTB will just like that let go of it?
Just asking, not accusing ;-)
Cheers, Rob