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Biden’s Policies Toward Israel Starkly Different From Trump’s, Experts Say Uri Cohen
New president faces old challenges in Middle East
President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in Wednesday evening as the president of the United States, and will immediately be tasked with leading his country through one of its most challenging periods in history.
Beyond the most pressing matters of a worsening pandemic, a mounting economic crisis and a historically divided nation, Biden’s plate also will be filled with matters of foreign affairs, none perhaps more pressing than a reignited Iranian nuclear program and ongoing Middle East tensions.
Israeli Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Program ‘Not Imminent,’ Analysts Believe Maya Margit
Response will hinge on incoming Biden Administration’s negotiations with Tehran in the coming months
Despite reports that Iran is building up its nuclear weapons capacity, it is unlikely that Israel will launch a pre-emptive strike in the near future, Israeli analysts believe.
Prof. Efraim Inbar, president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS), told The Media Line that Israel would likely give President-elect Joe Biden and his administration the chance to negotiate a better agreement with Iran.
I think that eventually, Israel will have no choice but to use its military to seriously damage nuclear installations. As long as we think that covert operations are useful in stopping them, we’ll do that
Last Updated On: Jan 20 2021 12:38 Gmt+3
Critics like Middle East analyst Seth J. Frantzman may have slammed the current U.S. administration for pandering to Turkey and nodding to its regional expansion, but there is one foreign policy achievement Donald Trump chalked up in the final months of his presidency.
From August to January, a series of agreements known as the Abraham Accords were brokered by the White House to normalise relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan. These involved various concessions and benefits, including U.S. recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara, strategic dialogue between the United States and the UAE and that Israel would suspend its annexation of parts of the West Bank.
Published date: 7 January 2021 12:45 UTC | Last update: 1 month 3 weeks ago
A report that the Gulf state is considering a plan to help eliminate the UN agency caring for millions of refugees should be taken seriously
A man walks past a graffiti mural depicting a key above the Dome of the Rock, in the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the north of the occupied West Bank on 10 September, 2020 (AFP)
A report that the United Arab Emirates is secretly colluding with Israel on a potential plan to eliminate the United Nations agency that cares for Palestinian refugees - a move that could prevent those refugees from ever returning home - should be taken seriously.