The delusions behind Biden’s plan for Middle East peace | EUROtoday

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On the face of it, President Biden’s grand imaginative and prescient for the Middle East makes loads of sense. Israel, an American ally and beneficiary of many billions of {dollars} in U.S. army assist, would see its regional safety fears quelled by means of an overt set of alliances with a few of its Arab neighbors. Those Arab states, largely dominated by Sunni monarchs, would reap the dividends of a more in-depth relationship with a rustic recognized for its high-tech sector and cutting-edge protection industries. Iran, an antagonist for all these events, would discover its attain and ambitions checked by an interwoven thicket of foes.