Netanyahu (left), Trump (center) and the UAE crown prince signed the Abraham Accords in September
DW: Amid escalation, Israel's Arab allies walk a diplomatic tightrope
The escalation of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories is straining Israel's relations with the Arab world. Countries that have agreed to a normalization of bilateral relations are now under pressure.
The recent street fights in east Jerusalem, which led to an open military confrontation between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Monday evening, has been grist for the political mills in Tehran and Ankara.
Last August, when first the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and then Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan signed normalization agreements with Israel, both Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, called it nothing short of a betrayal of the Muslim world.
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WNU editor: Israel's Arab allies are going to watch all of this from the sidelines. Their long-term strategic interest is to maintain ties with Israel.
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They know they'll get more buttered bread from Israel than from the Pali's. In fact, the Pali's never buttered anyone's bread. Which is why Jordan kicked them out, then Lebanon. Truth is, nobody wants them.
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