Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt with a shared gripe: The US is conceding too much to Iran.
There have long been concerns that while the US was discussing Iran talks with Israel and its Gulf allies, it was not really listening and not taking their security needs seriously.
The latest is that the Biden administration is considering removing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – which is behind proxies such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza – from the US Foreign Terrorist Organizations list as a side deal to the nuclear talks. In exchange, Washington asked Iran to commit to de-escalation in the Middle East and, specifically, not to attack Americans in the region.
It was that last point that stung in particular. (Read More)
