The growing involvement of the Gulf states in Africa: interests, opportunities, and implications for the region and for Israel

Donald J. Trump is a unique president. So far, he has proven himself to be an enthusiastic supporter of the State of Israel, and who leads a transformative foreign policy in the Middle East and the global arena. Multiple reasons suggest Israel cannot simply assume such strong US alignment with its interests and policies will persist.  Thus, and in light of current shifts in the global, regional, and Israeli-Palestinian contexts, it is necessary to consider which policy goals Israel should set for its relations with Washington for the remainder of President Trump’s second term. This policy paper outlines changes occurring in the American system and its effects on Israel-United States relations, and concludes with policy recommendations to improve Israel’s strategic posture for years to come.

A review of Israel’s security, diplomatic, and economic interests in the northernmost part of the globe

Israel must present a coherent, multi-stage, and detailed plan for the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, including the establishment of an international stabilization force, before American and international decisions are made without its involvement

According to the German philosopher Hegel, history is written by universal reason, which reveals itself only when the future becomes reality and visible to the eye. This universal reason deceives the actors of history while they are preoccupied with the pursuit of political power, military conquests, glory, or wealth. Thus, the Israeli victory in 1967 brought down the barriers that had separated the various parts of the Palestinian people. At the end of the Six-Day War, the vast majority of the Palestinian nation found itself within a single, continuous territorial area under Israeli rule in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. This territorial continuity created the political and geographic conditions for the renewed consolidation of Palestinian nationalism, after a stagnation that had lasted since the War of Independence and the establishment of the State of Israel. Two years after the Swords of Iron war in 2023, the question still stands: Does historical reason have a grand plan for the future of the conflict? Will historical reason trick the players in the Middle East and lead them to a political settlement, or has it grown weary of the conflict and will it abandon them to their fate?