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President Trump turned American policy toward the Middle East right side up. He withdrew from the appeasing JCPOA agreement and placed heavy sanctions on the extremist, theocratic Islamic Republic of Iran. Substantial American military assets were stationed in and around the Persian Gulf. Trump did not look with favor on Hamas and Hezbollah.Trump sided with Israel rather than the Palestinians, moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem to conform with standing legislation and to the promises of multiple previous U.S. presidents, and recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Trump withdrew U.S. funds from the Palestinians, who were using them to support their “pay for slay†programs to reward terrorists who killed Jews, and closed the Palestinian lobbying office in Washington.It was gospel in the State Department and the Foreign Ministries of the European Union and most European countries that there could be no peace anywhere in the Middle East until the Palestinians made peace, and that Israel could only be at peace in the region if the Palestinians made peace with them. Those who held this conventional view were not deterred by the Palestinians’ century-long unwillingness to make peace with their Jewish neighbors....Trump’s diplomacy brought additional Arab countries into peaceful relations with Israel, three so far, and perhaps more to come, beyond the cold peace with Egypt and Jordan. All previous American governments had, in spite of heroic efforts, failed to advance peace between the Arabs and Israel. Trump succeeded by going around the Palestinians, whose place in the region has taken a more realistic proportion. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris intend to return to Obama administration policies, putting the Palestinians first. As Harris has said, “We will take immediate steps to restore economic and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, reopen the U.S. consulate in East Jerusalem and work to reopen the PLO mission in Washington.â€This would mean that U.S. taxpayer dollars are going to the Palestinians’ slay or pay program, contributing directly to the murder of Israel civilians: men, women, children, and rabbis. ...
