Less Gloating and More Diplomacy Are Needed to Heal the Middle East – Foreign Policy

Trump-Nihao’s romance returned and will be fully displayed when Israeli Prime Minister visits the White House on Monday. Benjamin Netanyahu wants five of the celebration with US president Donald Trump to celebrate the joint attacks against Iran, which restored the Iranian nuclear program. Trump will be more than happy to host the celebrations, provided that he shines the spotlight on him for his decision to bomb and “blur” the enrichment of the fortified Ford. What can make a mistake, the observer is left to wonder?

In fact, there are indications of more positive results to celebrate them, because secret Israeli secret talks have made a declaration of security coordination with the new leader in Syria, Ahmed Al -Shara. This would definitely decrease to a large extent-as a result that it can almost imagine in light of Israel’s determination to maintain the Golan heights forever-but it is still a stunning achievement when talking about enemies that cannot be overcome and who have fought repeated wars over the decades. In anticipation of progress on this front, Trump has already canceled some sanctions imposed by the United States on Syria under the previous regime.

Trump-Nihao’s romance returned and will be fully displayed when Israeli Prime Minister visits the White House on Monday. Benjamin Netanyahu wants five of the celebration with US President Donald Trump to celebrate the joint attacks against Iran, which restored the Iranian nuclear program. Trump will be more than happy to host the celebrations, provided that he shines the spotlight on him for his decision to bomb and “blur” the enrichment of the fortified Ford. What can make a mistake, the observer is left to wonder?

In fact, there are indications of more positive results to celebrate them, because secret Israeli secret talks have made a declaration of security coordination with the new leader in Syria, Ahmed Al -Shara. This would definitely decrease to a large extent-as a result that it can almost imagine in light of Israel’s determination to maintain the Golan heights forever-but it is still a stunning achievement when talking about enemies that cannot be overcome and who have fought repeated wars over the decades. In anticipation of progress on this front, Trump has already canceled some sanctions imposed by the United States on Syria under the previous regime.

Trump said that Netanyahu accepted a 60 -day stop -to -stop agreement, which, if this is true, will not only come close to Netanyahu and Trump’s relationship. This last deal, if you move forward, will not end the war in Gaza-which Netanyahu cannot do if he wants to preserve his extreme right-wing alliance-but will provide some comfort for daily killing and human distress.

Therefore, a limited ceasefire would buy Netanyahu’s time and also provides Trump something to celebrate him as another diplomatic achievement. Trump has taken the unprecedented step of interfering directly in the Israeli judicial process by calling for “the cancellation of the criminal trial of Netanyahu immediately.” Trump has apparently pushed serious talks in Israel about a deal that would end Netanyahu’s legal risks. Thus, the Israeli leader is firmly in Trump’s debts.

So, again, what can happen, and why will this visit not be a reason to celebrate the American and Israeli authority? In the midst of all the festive champagne glasses on Monday, an unhappy possibility is, especially for Netanyahu-that is, Trump’s mercury decisions and his tendency to change the gears without warning if things do not go on his way. Among all the presidents we served, Trump stands alone as the person who was marginalized when he was not appropriate and made Israel a centralization of his goals when he was. In the first six months of his administration, Trump opened direct negotiations with Hamas without Israel’s knowledge; The dual ceasefire with the Houthis, which Israel learned after the truth; The sanctions against the Syrian government were filed due to Israel’s objections; And negotiation with Iran – including floating on the possibility of some Iranian enrichment. And his repeated social participation that shows the impatience of the unwillingness of Israel (and Hamas) to end the fighting in Gaza, increased the daylight between the allies.

However, when he saw an advantage, Trump did not surrender, if not supported, the military strikes of Israel against Iran and participated in the trick to deceive Iran about when the attack might occur, as the first American president to complete a direct attack on Iranian nuclear facilities – anything that Israel had long had requested.

Trump has no basic, strategic, or patience principles. Consequently, it is flexible in the axis and operating the ideal dim, which leads to the inability to predict significantly. He and Netanyahu are equally skilled in the art of deception, but the difference is that Netanyahu is sitting on an intermittent coalition while Trump presides over a decent base inside the Maga and the Republican Party, protected by the Supreme Court judges who seem to be not increasing through the increasing executive of the president. So, if Trump does not extend on his way-for example, if Netanyahu is later brilliant on the conditions of the ceasefire or if he refuses to increase the amount of humanitarian assistance flowing to Gaza-he can manage Trump, with a lot of activity he presented this week.

Even Trump’s most famous critics hoped that the visit will produce progress in the ceasefire/hostage deal, and agree to alleviate the extraordinary human suffering in Gaza, and perhaps some good news about Israeli -Syrian relations. But these critics, and the majority of us who want to see something more than just social contributions and toxic attacks on political enemies, hope that Trump will see his way to a strategy that exceeds his volatile preferences.

This means a dangerous plan for the next day in Gaza that not only includes immediate requirements for security, governance and reconstruction, but also a way to bring Israelis and Palestinians to a point where they can start talking again about a future other than profession and violence. This means a diplomatic game plan that brings Iran back to the table for serious negotiations. Perhaps more importantly, this means the existence of a regional strategy that goes beyond circumstance and challenge Dorer. We have no illusions that the president who moves from an issue to an issue like carsing ball in the ball machine and pins is up to this task. But without real leadership from him and in the region, none of this work can.

The region has fallen in the past 22 months through the Israeli and American military force in ways that were not before. Now, there is a sharp need for something that we have not seen and we may not see – sick diplomacy by a patient and strategic head to direct new paths towards a better future than the current misery and the current conflict.