The Arab world stands at a crossroads - the moment of truth depends on unified leadership and moral clarity in the region. With President Trump coming to the Gulf this week to seek investment and strategic partnerships, it is very clear to get regional peace and security opportunities. Arab leaders should clearly explain to President Trump that peace and economic development in the Middle East have reached barriers and depend on one critical condition: Palestine is the United Nations as its 194 member states.
To make this a reality, the United States must veto the Palestine entry into the United Nations. When the president meets with regional partners, he should hear a clear message from his peers: all Arab partnerships with the United States, and of course, partnerships with Israel depend on the lasting peace of the two-state solution the United States can bring.
We are not just facing diplomatic negotiations. The two-state solution is a practical command and test of international determination. If Israel continues to plunder through Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and others, there will be no peace in the region and will not develop for a long time. Diplomacy must be used to force Israel to live within its own borders and to allow Palestine to live within the legal boundaries of June 4, 1967. This will happen if the United States adopts Palestine's acceptance as the United Nations.
The bet cannot be higher. The United States will receive investment beyond the surprise. The Middle East will reach a normal state and serve as the basis for a surge in economic development, and both Israel and Palestine will live in peace.
In a major divergence from the previous administration, the Trump administration is moving towards a foreign policy centered on pragmatic transactional diplomacy.
Under his guidance, a diplomatic negotiation channel was opened with Iran - the two countries held a fourth round of negotiations in Oman on nuclear negotiations. President Trump has repeatedly expressed his willingness to reach a consensus: "I think we will reach an agreement with Iran" and is even willing to meet with the Iranian president. Similarly, the U.S. reached a ceasefire deal with Yemen’s Hotis last week, an encouraging step in global trade and stability. Another bold diplomatic maneuver was direct U.S. negotiations with Hamas, which led to the release of hostage Edan Alexander.
It is becoming increasingly obvious that President Trump places strategic interests above everything else, and he correctly sees peace as the country’s overall strategic interests. This translates into the true potential of peace in the Middle East.
The peaceful enemy of Israel's extremist government hopes that we believe that the inherent in the Palestinian war is almost an innate reason. Essentially, it is impossible for Netanyahu and his fellow citizens to argue about the peace of Palestinians based on Palestinian political self-determination and self-rules. The result is the cruel destruction and factual annexation of Israel's ongoing war against Gaza and Israel's Palestinians in the West Bank.
Netanyahu's government has two main interests: continuing the war in Gaza and the West Bank to stop the Palestinian state and directly confront the United States with Iran. Both are contrary to the interests of the United States.
Now, the Israeli government is completely isolated in the international community. Even Britain, formerly a staunch supporter of the Netanyahu War, changed its position. Minister Hamish Falconer of the Middle East said the government’s position was “clear”: “We strongly oppose the expansion of Israel. Any attempt to annex the land in Gaza is unacceptable.”
The vast majority of UN member states have shown support for the two-state solution, recently adopting the adoption of UN General Assembly resolutions. The will of the global community is clear: the illegal occupation in Israel must end and the Palestinian state must be established under international law. Under the UN's cape, this June is in the upcoming June at the International Conference on Palestine.
Peace has been a generational clear position for the League of Arab States, the Organization for Islamic Cooperation and all regional partners. The Arab Peace Initiative (API), adopted at the Beirut summit in 2002, has reiterated for years that it calls on Israel to withdraw from occupied territories and establish a Palestinian state as the basis for normalization of peace and diplomacy with Israel.
President Trump and Arab leaders have a historic opportunity this week to end a conflict that has lasted for a century. By adopting a two-state solution, Trump will bring not only peace to Israel and Palestine, but also to Lebanon, Syria and Iran. An agreement between the United States and Iran on nuclear non-proliferation and the termination of sanctions on Iran will be reached immediately. The warriors can lie down their arms, and reconstruction and economic development may be at the forefront. In short, this week provides an extraordinary opportunity for the United States and the Arab world to make history to make the interests of the entire Middle East, including Israel and Palestine, as well as for the interests of the whole world.
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