This is great news.
There are a lot of details to be worked out, but expansion of diplomacy versus warfare is always welcome. And any deal that puts off, for an indefinite time, the annexation of the West Bank is even better.
With the UAE, Israel finally has relations with another Arab League country. This small step towards normalization of relations allows room for the region to breath and address some real problems.
For example, Climate Change is going to screw up the Middle East in ways we cannot forecast. For example, over 7 million people will soon be living in areas that regularly get too hot for humans to survive. Of course air-conditioning could help counter that, but the poverty rate makes that impossible for millions in the region.
Israel is a technical titan in the world. The UAE is rich and trying to use its oil money to build a new foundation for itself as a transportation and technical hub. If they can actually work together, they can solve problems that are endemic to the Middle East - excess heat, lack of fresh water, lack of food - but are becoming more common around the world.
This administration deserves kudos for helping to pull this off.
Seriously. (link)
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