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LONDON, U.K.—Gaza, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, Netanyahu, famine, terrorism, genocide, and on and on: the loud, incessant clatter of local issues and tactical moves almost drowns out the low, grinding noise as the Middle East shifts inexorably into a new strategic alignment. But it’s happening, and it’s still about oil, sort of. Israel has no oil, and the Palestinians have nothing worth stealing except their land.
Recently, it thought it had spotted a chance. During the Trump presidency, the foreign policy establishment in Washington—which the Great Man normally condemns as part of the ‘deep state’—actually managed to sell him a new idea. It was the Abraham accords, which would effectively tie Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United States together in an anti-Iranian alliance—and entirely ignore the Palestinians.
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