Abbas Returning to Good Boy Tactics in Anticipation of Biden Presidency ..."Suddenly, Abbas is prepared to offer the kinds of concessions that, had he presented them to President Trump’s advisor Jared Kushner, he could have had a Palestinian state by now. Such an intriguing man.///
..."Harris also said the Biden administration would reopen the US consulate in eastern Jerusalem which the Trump administration closed last year."
The Approaching Storm in U.S.-Israel Relations
. . . "Since Election Day, and since the networks proclaimed Joe Biden the winner, Israel’s media, along with its diplomatic and security establishment and political leadership busied themselves with scouring the lists of candidates for senior foreign policy positions in a Biden administration and considering the implications of So and So’s appointment to national security advisor over Whatshisname. The notion behind the name game is that the appointment of one person over another will significantly impact a Biden administration’s Middle East policy either to Israel’s benefit or to its detriment.
"There is nothing new about the name game. Israel’s political and national security leaders and its media know-it-alls play it every four years. And often, personnel has been policy. For instance, when Trump replaced his first secretary of state Rex Tillerson with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, things changed. Tillerson opposed leaving the Iran nuclear deal and opposed moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. Pompeo supported both.
"But in the case of the apparently incoming Biden administration who fills what job is basically irrelevant. And worrying about it should certainly not be a priority. Biden’s policies are basically set in stone."...
..."Biden also committed himself to reinstating U.S. humanitarian aid to Gaza. Such a move will be a boon for the Hamas terror regime which now relies on cash payments from Qatar."...
...But one thing is clear, having committed himself to restoring the U.S. commitment to the deal, Iran will hold all the cards in any future negotiation on the terms of a U.S.-Iran nuclear rapprochement. And that means that the U.S. will back Iran’s nuclear weapons program more or less from the outset of a Biden-Harris administration.
..."Likewise, appeasing Iran and giving it an open road to a nuclear arsenal is a domestic political issue for Democrats.
""Talk of Biden’s joviality and personal warmth, and of moderates versus radicals are soothing distractions for Israelis who are about to face the most hostile U.S. administration in history. But the facts are the facts. And to meeting the challenge a Biden administration will pose to Israel’s national and strategic interests, Israel must steel itself for what awaits it, not worry who will occupy which post in a Biden administration."
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