To its haters, Israel is a pariah on the verge of expulsion from the world group, after it had the nerve to defend itself from Hamas.
But a sequence of latest conferences and commerce offers proves the Jewish state is firmly built-in within the regional and world economic system — and never going wherever quickly.
Final week’s announcement that Israel had finalized its plan to promote $37 billion of pure fuel to Egypt is only one instance, and a win-win for each events, in addition to for regional stability.
Although Egypt downplayed the diplomatic significance of the deal, it’s apparent the connection between the 2 nations is greater than an anachronistic holdover from the Carter years.
Israel, Greece and Cyprus, represented by their respective leaders, staged a trilateral summit in Jerusalem Monday to debate safety points vis-à-vis Turkey, their mutual enemy, and constructing an undersea electrical grid linking the three nations.
In the meantime, Israel’s relations with the Arab world are robust.
Commerce with the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Morocco and Bahrain has grown considerably, and Israel’s ties with Saudi Arabia, although casual, are reportedly sturdy.
Officers from Israel and Qatar — whose relations had been strained by Israel’s botched airstrike on a Hamas compound in Doha in September — met in New York on Sunday to fix ties.
India and Israel additionally bolstered their already robust ties in November with a memorandum of understanding on arms gross sales in addition to science, expertise and analysis and improvement.
Bolivia severed diplomatic ties with Israel in October 2023.
However after newly elected centrist Rodrigo Paz mentioned he seeks a “new web page” in his nation’s relations with the Jewish state, the 2 nations restored ties this month.
The takeaway: Anti-Israel celebs, pols and protestors gripe that Israel is a genocidal apartheid state, however the individuals who matter ignore the political theater and perceive enterprise is enterprise.
Israel stays a stable member of the worldwide group and an essential associate with its neighbors.
It doesn’t matter what hating (usually left-leaning) nations like Eire and Spain need you to suppose.
