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The US will be forced to consider reviewing its policy towards Israel. Badalyan
Political commentator Hakob Badalyan wrote:
“US President Trump, receiving the Saudi Arabian prince in Washington, announced that Saudi Arabia is the leading US ally outside of NATO. During Prince Bin Salman’s visit, agreements were reached for Riyadh to increase its investments in the United States to $1 trillion over the coming years.
Months ago, during his visit to the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, after taking office, Trump announced $600 billion in Saudi investments that had been agreed upon for the coming years. In fact, we are now talking about $400 billion more.
The US will supply Riyadh with F-35 fighter jets, 300 tanks, and other weapons. In essence, this is a significant step aimed at transforming the security balance in the Middle East.
The announcement that Saudi Arabia is becoming the main US ally outside NATO is undoubtedly exciting. The question arises: What is Israel in this case if Saudi Arabia becomes the main US ally outside NATO? Is Israel being pushed to at least the second plan, or is Israel being disregarded, that is, Israel is essentially being viewed so organically that it is not included in the calculation?
In practice, however, the US-Israeli relationship is much more complex and multi-layered than it might seem monolithic at first glance. I have repeatedly pointed out episodes, characteristic moments that testify to this ambiguity.
The balance of power in the world is changing, and the US cannot afford to leave the Arab world out of its “sight” with its “traditional” policy towards Israel, towards which both China and Russia have been working quite intensively for several years.
Moreover, in addition to this, Trump’s main “domestic” rival, London, certainly has some influence on the Arab elites.
Consequently, whether Democrats or Republicans are at the helm of the United States, if they are going to serve US interests, they will inevitably have to think about revising their policy towards Israel.
Let me once again recall the words of Kissinger, one of the masters of American geopolitics, who said years ago that in 2024, the state of Israel will not exist in its current form. The context of that statement is essentially that American policy towards that state should not exist in its “traditional form” either, if the US wants to be competitive in the new Middle East, which is likely to become a more global region."
