ABRAHAM ACCORDS: DAWN OF PEACE?
No doubt, they are the most happening events of the year, and have the potential to bring in durable peace in the region if other Arab States also follow/acquiesce in, Israel shuns aggression, Iran too tolerates this and is not attacked by the America-Israel evil axis. President Trump has to be certainly given much credit for brokering the deals and it seems he has even been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for this achievement. Naturally Ivanka Trump was elated and tweeted: “The Abraham Accords are signed! Today's historic signing proves that the nations of the Middle East are breaking free from the failed approaches of the past. After decades of division and conflict, we mark the dawn of a new Middle East. Congratulations to all!” Well, will the failed approaches indicate the Camp David and Oslo Accords as also the two-state solution mooted when Arafat was alive and in charge of the PLO, the later coming into existence of the State of Palestine, UN grant of observer status to it and recognition of that state by several countries in the world, clear-cut condemnation by the UN of Israeli plans/efforts to annex the West Bank by driving out Palestinians and constructing more Jewish settlements, etc.? It is somewhat relieving to find the clarification that “This Treaty does not affect and shall not be interpreted as affecting, in any way, the rights and obligations of the Parties under the Charter of the United Nations,” in these accords and also the promise not to unilaterally construct any more Jewish settlements in the West Bank; but one would be quite anxious at not finding specific reference to the longstanding United Nations Security Council Resolutions that demand Israeli withdrawal from the 1967 war occupied territories and the two-state solution to the problem; we may further note that the states concerned recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Does that mean giving a go-by to the two-State solution once for all? Also reports are pouring in that even a war with Iran could be unleashed now in order to bolster up Trump’s re-election chances, which if happens, would be quite calamitous. Hope all such cataclysmic consequences won’t ensue but gradually all/most of the Arab/Muslim states agree for the existence of Israel ‘within secure borders’, the UN Security Council too unanimously consents and Israel also unequivocally accepts the Palestinian state with due recognition of its sovereignty and integrity and the needed just solution to the longstanding refugee problem. §§§
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