A heavy political blow to Israel

Written by: Dr. Hany Akkad
The occupying state was building its policy of involvement in the Arab Gulf region on the basis of perpetuating tensions between the Arab Gulf states and Iran. Indeed, most of the agreements it signed in recent years, the essence of which was the "Abraham Accord", was out of the motives of demonizing Iran and portraying it as the common enemy of the countries of the region that wants to fragment these countries and dominate On the Arab waterways and spreads terrorism and instability everywhere as the big country that has the largest armed force in the region, Israel was as a spoiler country in the Middle East exploiting the state of war between Saudi Arabia and the Emirates on one side and Yemen on the other side to reinforce this perception until it resorted to many contracts Among the agreements to sell weapons and missiles to some Gulf countries, Israeli weapons, especially technology weapons, became the popular commodity in many Gulf countries, in addition to espionage technology and information gathering, for which special agreements were allocated for the exchange of information between Israel and the UAE, which were signed within the “Abraham Accord,” which allows Israel to know Every small and large in the region and draw a map of their interests on this basis.

Until recently, Netanyahu's statements were almost certain that Saudi Arabia had come close to signing an agreement with the occupying power, and every statement that was issued by Netanyahu about the approaching normalization with Saudi Arabia was matched by statements from higher levels in the Kingdom confirming that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would not conclude any normalization agreement with The occupying state before it ends its occupation of the Palestinian land and recognizes the right to self-determination for the Palestinian people and implements the two-state solution on the basis of the Arab peace initiative, the latest of which was the statement of the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince (Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud) in a joint press conference with the Russian Foreign Minister a few days ago on the importance of a just solution He considered the Palestinian cause in order to achieve stability in the Middle East, and considered, "The situation in Palestine is very disturbing, which makes it imperative for everyone to search for ways to restore the course of dialogue on the basis of the Arab Peace Initiative." Last January, in an interview with (Bloomberg TV) on the sidelines of the Davos conference in Switzerland, Prince Faisal bin Farhan said, "The agreement to establish a Palestinian state is Saudi Arabia's precondition for establishing formal diplomatic relations with Israel," and here he closed the door to more statements by Netanyahu, who then considered that Normalization with Saudi Arabia takes time.

The agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran to restore full diplomatic relations and exchange ambassadors and representatives within two months, which came with Chinese mediation and was signed in Beijing, constituted a political blow to the Tel Aviv government, which considers Iran the greatest enemy of Israel and has been trying for years to establish a strategic defense alliance in the Arab Gulf region to confront Iran in the region. And opening horizons for its easy involvement in the region. The Israeli opposition considered this agreement a complete failure for Netanyahu's policy and his government, and it was considered a major security damage that would take years to repair, and at the same time it was considered a political victory for Iran in the region. . The truth is that this agreement constituted a heavy blow to Netanyahu's foreign policy and the so-called "reverse peace" strategy, even though a senior official in the Netanyahu government tried to mitigate the impact of this agreement on the road to normalization, and considered that this agreement would not affect the course of normalization with Saudi Arabia in The future, but I believe that this agreement will limit the besieging of the Palestinians and their integration into the “Abraham Accords” in the event that Saudi Arabia concludes a normalization agreement that Netanyahu was seeking, which means that this strategy received a difficult political blow that will limit Netanyahu’s persistence in bragging about his ability to sign more agreements Ending the conflict with the Arabs and thus more expectations and drawing plans to settle the conflict with the Palestinians in his own way.

The tour of (Lloyd Westin) the US Secretary of Defense to the region was due to the imminent signing of the Saudi-Iranian agreement and his meeting with Netanyahu, who dealt with this matter in detail, in addition to the change in the map of US defenses in the region, which may have come as a result of Washington's knowledge of the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement, so Netanyahu knows in advance that he has Some information about this agreement was not surprising, but Israel was unable to intervene to thwart this agreement and did not succeed in persuading Washington to play a greater role for this purpose, and this explains the statements of the White House administration, which considered the agreement as a test point for the next stage to restore security and stability to the region, and considered that "the more it is The better the relationship between Israel and its neighbors, the better for everyone." A political blow of a heavy caliber to Israel, not because of the confinement of the space for normalization and the diminishing opportunity to conclude a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia in the future before the occupation ends, but rather because this agreement was prepared for Saudi Arabia to join a large and strong strategic alliance that includes Russia, Iran, Turkey, China and North Korea, and this also constitutes a shock to Washington, which failed during The last stage is to convince Saudi Arabia of better relations and to accept increased oil and gas production, which compensates Washington's loss of energy due to the Russian-Ukrainian war, and Saudi Arabia's refusal to provide the necessary financial support to cover some of the US expenditures on this war.

Netanyahu has no choice but to admit the failure of the "reversed peace" strategy and his inability to continue lying to the Israeli public, which has become frustrated with its government and is calling for the fall of the coalition that insists on transforming the state into a religious entity that does not believe in democracy and wants to employ all state institutions for the benefit of the ultra-Orthodox alone to become the rest The components of Israeli society are mere citizens with narrow basic freedoms that lack the ability to grow and prosper. Confronting the occupying power with this agreement may constitute one of the most important challenges to the Netanyahu government, which is reeling due to the internal crisis, and I believe that Netanyahu will not be able to lead directions to besiege this agreement in an effort to stop Iran's integration into the region and prevent drawing a new map for the Arab Gulf region in which Iran is the most important player and alternative vital to the occupation state's involvement in the region.