The revival of the Iran nuclear deal undermines the Abraham peace agreement between the UAE and Israel. This conclusion is peddled by some pundits in the West who believe that any US agreement with Iran would lead to the dissolution of the peace agreement between the UAE and other Gulf and Arab states that signed peace accords about two years ago.
This assertion attracts attention, is worthy of discussion, and we see it as an opportunity to clarify some issues and points that are missing in some Western research circles, especially with regard to understanding the preconditions and motives that led the UAE to sign the Abraham Peace Agreement with Israel.
And this without excluding the hypothesis that the marketing of this perception is aimed at maximizing pressure on the Biden administration to dissuade it from efforts to revive the nuclear agreement and to warn of the possible consequences. This is an understandable goal. But we must verify its veracity so it does not become perpetuated reality.
The basis of the previous hypothesis is that the UAE’s position specifically on normalizing relations with Israel is based on the assumption that it wants to build a defensive alliance that will protect it from a possible Iranian threat.
From my researcher’s vantage point, this is not the case at all. READ MORE