It is about 50 days until the US presidential election and after Trump’s multiple failures especially in foreign policy, Biden is leading the national election polls. So the '' make America great again '' campaign needed a push, that is right, what is happening in the faraway Arabian gulf is not going to switch the course of events in the election but still it is an insignificant effort that could represent you as a peace maker and even nominate you for the Noble Peace Prize.
Probably all what it took Trump is a phone call to Mohamed Bin Zayed saying : you see these under the table relations you have with Israel for years you will proudly announce it now cause slow Biden is running fast .
Why Bahrain?
While getting Saudi Arabia to sign a normalization deal with Israel might be hard and complicated and could take a little bit more time and effort that Trump is willing to spear right now, and Mohamed Bin Salman is drowning with political scandals and accusations so representing him as a peace champion would have not been a very good idea.
Bahrain is a small island with a population of 1.5 million that does not do anything without taking the permission of Saudi Arabia, so they can still say that they signed a peace accords with TWO countries and Saudi Arabia is on board.
What Did UAE Get from This Deal?
The simple answer is nothing, although some Emirati media claimed that the deal will '' stop '' the annexation plan which was denied by Israel as the annexation is only suspended. And in reality the pan had been suspended because of the European reservations not because of the deal.
Also the UAE was hoping that after this very nice gesture Israel would allow the USA to sell them the F-35 stealth fighters and advanced drones, but unfortunately these hopes were faced by a clear rejection.
Nevertheless, on the sixteenth of September – a day that marks the thirty-eighth commemoration of Sabra and Shatila massacre– UAE and Bahrain sat down on the white house lawn and happily signed a '' peace accords '' with that same Israel.
The Public's Reaction
Regardless of the considerable efforts of both regimes to silence any dissenting voices, '' normalization is a treason'' is number one trending in Bahrain and almost the whole Arab world and protest movements filled the streets of Bahrain.
Activists have launched an online petition called '' Palestine charter '' which reached over 2 million signature within few hours, some other funny activists launched a petition to turn the League of Arab States headquarter to a wedding hall.
The Peace That Came After the Peace Accords
Of course the annexation plan is still a priority for Israel so the demolition of Philistines houses is still normally and intensively going on, the bombing campaign on Gaza strip is also still normally going on and the west bank is still under siege.
So here is the question that asks itself: what is the point of a peace accords that was not meant to and will never bring peace and what is the point of a normalization deal that will never normalize what have never been normal.
And of course the question of who is next , trump says 7-9 countries seek peace with Israel , so who knows which one of these countries trump is going to call next .?
Written By - Aya Koky
Edited By - Sravanthi Cheerladinne
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