As I said months ago, the UAE will cast itself as a hero, saying that they agreed to normalize relations with Israel in return for Israel agreeing to not annex the West Bank. This helps Israel maintain & extend the status quo *and* the ghost of a 2SS solution at the same time https://twitter.com/SaudiNews50/status/1293928670294409217">https://twitter.com/SaudiNews...

The perfect situation for Israel is to maintain the status quo *and* be free to formally annex the West Bank piecemeal *and* maintain the ghost of a 2SS, *and* be able to say that this is not hurting it diplomatically in the region. MBZ et al helping it achieve exactly that.

What& #39;s in it for MBZ et al? This. Remember they have already burned their bridges with most everyone in the US political ecosystem who& #39;s not Trump. https://twitter.com/iyad_elbaghdadi/status/1293934849225621504">https://twitter.com/iyad_elba...

Depending what investigations proceed after Trump, the full scale of UAE-Saudi corruption and interference in the US political system (including the 2016 elections) will only add fuel to this fire.