DEAL
Bahrain normalize its relation with Israel followed by UAE in August 13, this year. now Bahrain, UAE, and Israel signed the deal at whitehouse mediate by trump in his office. all countries represented by their heads of government. Jared kushner, son in law of trump given task to bring gulf countries to the negotiations table. Oman seems will be fifth country to normalize its relation with Israel. for the time being, Saudi Arabia seems reluctant to normalize its ties with Israel as it is the de facto leader of OIC and custodian of two Holy sites
ISRAEL AND UAE
If Israel wants to live in security it has to maintain the stable relations with gulf countries as Iran, its foes as well as of some Arab countries, threaten the region and the tiny country Israel. since the Iranian revolution in 1979, relation between Saudi Arabia and Iran remained tense as Iran is shia state and saudi arabia is Sunni state. and the UAE by default lies on Saudi foreign policy which drive Iran to turn its face against UAE.
BEHRAIN
No doubt Bahrain is tiny gulf country or archipelago but its significance is the region can't be ignored wholly. Manama, capital and largest city of Bahrain host the US navy's 5th fleet which is responsible for conducting military drills in red sea, Persian gulf and part of Arabian sea. for that reason Bahrain be considered as strategic partner of US. singing peace deal with Israel, Allow Israel to use US navy's base in Manama to counter Iran's thwart. A little while ago, US and gulf countries conferred multi billions dollar project for Bahrain's infrastructure which was gratitude of US and its allies on Bahrain.
PALESTINE
Palestinians have been oppressing since the Israel illegally annexed their land forcefully. Gaza strip and east of Jerusalem are the only land that held by Palestinians which is obviously, much less than actual they had in 1948. Palestine criticize the move along with Iran and turkey and termed, "they stabbed the Palestine cause". united Arabs emirates versions is that they did it because to halt the west bank annexation plan by Israel presented by netanyahu, longest serving pm of Israel.
TRUMP'S INTEREST
Upcoming US election in November 3, prompt Trump, asking for votes from its supporters. and where it can comes more than Evangelical Christians. Evangelical Christians in US aligned to Israel foreign policy and have have a soft corner for Jews. supporting Jews, trump seek support from evangelicals against Joe biden for presidency.
PAKISTAN
Maintaing the good relations with those countries who assumed each other as arch rival will be difficult for other country to have a neutral relations between them. unfortunately, Pakistan find herself on that situation. Pakistan has always been facing difficulties to maintain equation between Iran and Saudi Arabia. former is her neighbor and regional power while latter Is important for trade with Pakistan and help out Pakistan during financial crises in 1998 and 2018 as well. recently, Saudi Arabia got angered of shah mehmood qureshi's remark regarding Kashmir issue which causes deterioration of relation.
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