Saturday 16 July 2022

The Bipartisan Abraham Accords

When Biden landed in Tel Aviv, I noted that what he said supported continuing with the Abraham Accords, without calling them that. Iow, adopting a Trump-era policy but not giving him the credit for the major change in US policy to the mid-east. 

Now it seems he’s taken to referring them to the Abraham Accords. Which is good. Because they’re good. They encourage diplomatic relations between Israel and the surrounding Arab states, without allowing Hamas and other terrorists the terrorists’ veto. Which is dealing with Sunni Islam, and restraining the major Shia state, Islam. 

Biden pledged to deepen U.S. support for the normalization push: “We will also continue building on the Abraham Accords, which I strongly support because they deepen, they deepen Israel’s integration into the broader region and establish lasting ties for business, cooperation and tourism.” [More]

Correct, Joe! Blame your colleague, John Kerry, for dipping his knee to the terrorist veto, saying “we can’t normalise relations with the Arab countries, because the Palestinians will object”. They did, but they went ahead anyway and it’s fine. Better than fine. It’s a good trend, for he first time in decades.