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Despite Kushner’s diplomatic coup, talk of ‘historic’ breakthrough is premature

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Published: 18 September 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

ANALYSIS: Accords may be Netanyahu's greatest achievement, but in effect they just make public once-furtive friendships, and do nothing to address conflict with Palestinians

TOM FRIEDMAN: The love triangle that spawned Trump’s Mideast peace deal
Kushner went from playing divorce lawyer to marriage broker

Talk of 'historic' Middle East breakthroughs is premature (The Age)
MAHER MUGHRABI: This isn't a Pokemon game – it's a conflict between Israelis and Palestinians over Palestinians' basic human rights. Until the voices of those Palestinians are heard and enfranchised, all talk of historic breakthroughs is premature

Trump’s pre-election diplomatic offensive glosses over awkward realities (Guardian)
The ‘Abraham accords’ merely make public once-furtive friendships between Israel and Gulf monarchies, while bigger problems remain

Gaza rockets bring Palestinians to the White House lawn (Haaretz)
AMOS HAREL: But Israel's normalisation agreements with the UAE and Bahrain confirmed that Netanyahu was right in claiming that diplomatic breakthroughs in the Middle East are possible without a solution to the conflict

How Trump’s Middle East plan could boost the region
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT and STEPHEN HADLEY: The UAE-Israel deal signed today could nudge Middle Eastern countries into taking more responsibility for defining the region’s future

Photo: Jared Kushner visited Abu Dhabi as part of the joint US-Israeli delegation in August (Moment)
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