This is indeed historic, and shows a weakening of the lockstep and Islam-based hatred of Israel that has dominated the Arab and Muslim states’ response to the Jewish state up to now, with very few exceptions. Netanyahu and the Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan thank Trump for his “dedication to peace in the region” and “the pragmatic and unique approach he has taken to achieve it.”
The key word there is “pragmatic.” The jihad against Israel remains as a theoretical religious obligation, but Trump has apparently compelled the UAE to understand that to maintain hostility to Israel in light of today’s political realities is imprudent. He deserves congratulations and gratitude for achieving, at least in part, what a succession of Presidents has tried and failed to achieve.
HUGE breakthrough today! Historic Peace Agreement between our two GREAT friends, Israel and the United Arab Emirates!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 13, 2020
Joint Statement of the United States, the State of Israel, and the United Arab Emirates pic.twitter.com/oVyjLxf0jd
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 13, 2020
Red Pill says
Thessalonians 5:1-3 ?
“Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, ‘Peace and safety,’ destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.”
Gary Rodgers says
So true. Culminates eventually with the desecration of the temple by the great deceiver after Israel thinks peace has finally come.
carpediadem says
Christian superstition has nothing to do with Israel or Jews.
Stop it.
jule says
‘Pragmatic’ is the word of the Century.
FYI says
Biblical Prophecy is of course complete nonsense to an atheist:I know this precisely because .. I WAS an atheist.
A dedicated atheist for many many years.
I’d probably still be an atheist were it not for the fact that I had a personal subjective experience of the Holy Spirit{not some delusion} followed by an objective reading of the Bible.
Prophecy cannot be understood without the aid of this Wisdom source{see 2 Peter 1 v 20-21}so of course atheists won’t understand it at all.
The Book of Joel 3 for example,explains a lot about Israel.
It should make sense to a Jew or a Christian:it won’t make any sense to a muslim
{who of course don’t follow YHWH although they think allah is YHWH and thus are on the wrong side of Biblical Prophecy}
It is just dead words in a book to an atheist and I know this because I used to read the Bible when I WAS an atheist.
Peter Buckley says
And the first ever synagogue in UAE to boot!
https://www.dw.com/en/uaes-first-official-synagogue-to-be-complete-by-2022/a-50537493
Israel knows how to deal with Islam- and understands the difference between “muslims” and “Islam”.
There is no more disunited body of people on earth than the so-called “ummah”. And Israel knows how to play it to perfection, Hence “Palestinian” anger against fellow-muslims:
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16335/palestinians-jews-christians
GreekEmpress says
I have to say I’ll believe it when I see it,
but thank you for the link Mr. Buckley.
It is encouraging—
gravenimage says
Yes–I’ve heard of this “Abrahamic Family House” in UAE for some time. We’ll see…
jule says
I think it is recognised that there must be a stronger block against iran, Turkey, Qatar &where ever they set up shop.
Jerry says
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Arnie Winemeister says
Trump is bold in this move, I’m not optimistic as the Arabs are not trustworthy based on past performance . However, no one can say the USA is not trying to create an atmosphere of tolerance. Time will tell.
John says
The UAE is more worried about Iran today, so this is a temporary ‘normalization of relations’ in the Middle East game of chess.
commonsense says
Yes. Bingo.
roberta says
Temporary at best. Most likely a business as usual islam lie.
Dude says
Hah
No Muzzies Here says
I’m sure the American media will do everything in their power to assure that credit is given to Joe Biden.
OTTER says
Wait for the media to say its a big nothingburger. So predictably pathetic.
GreekEmpress says
Or that Trump succeeded because of the efforts of the last administration! (HA!)
Daniel Triplett says
I’ve spent a lot of time all over the OIC with the USAF & airlines. UAE is the only place I feel safe traveling as a civilian. Dubai is quite a beautiful city with a lot of Western expats (especially British). We always stayed at the Fairmont Hotel. It’s all oil money of course (oil extracted and developed by Kafirs), and all the beautiful architecture is designed and built by Kafirs. It’s still an Islamic state obviously, but at least you can walk around downtown and go gold shopping and drinking at bars without feeling like you’ll be abducted and beheaded or blown up in a martyrdom hit. Still, why go to Dubai when you can go to Hawaii instead? Dubai’s a 16 hour flight from New York. Likewise, don’t go to UAE and think that’s a good representation of Islam. 95% of Dar al-Islam is epic sh*thole.
DearDiary says
Thanks for uploading that. It helps explain the UAE ‘s move. Would you call the citizens mostly moderate Muslims?
Daniel Triplett says
Well, of course the term “moderate” Muslim opens up a giant can of worms that has been analyzed time and again here. We know there is only one “Islam”, it’s extreme, there is no less-extreme version of it.
If by “moderate” Muslim, you mean the ‘less-devout’ types, as compared to the devout ‘perfect’ ISIS-type Muslims, then I’d say yes, I don’t see a lot of obviously ISIS-type Muslims while walking around Dubai and interacting with the locals. Of course, we never know what’s truly going on inside any given Muslim’s heart.
In my view, there is no Muslim I can trust, and I know this by reading their source doctrine trilogy, the Koran, Sira, and Hadith. When they’re in a position of weakness, or they need the Kafirs help, they feign friendliness, as sanctioned by Allah. So, just because the Dubai cab driver or gold dealer, or the Cologne kebab shop vendor seems ‘friendly’, doesn’t mean they want to be our ‘friends’, which is forbidden by Islamic doctrine.
Muhammad also sanctions the “hudna”, a 10-year ‘treaty’ that is allowed to be entered with Kafirs if such treaty allows the Ummah to regroup and better position themselves for victory over the Kafirs later.
The UAE can’t manufacture their own sophisticated weapons. Iran threatens them. UAE knows they can’t win a war against Iran without our help, especially since the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is officially backing Iran. So, they need us now.
Would UAE like to force the US to one day submit to Allah? Who knows what’s in their hearts? We know by examining their doctrine they have no choice. It’s their duty to their deity to fight the unbelievers until all on Earth submit to Allah.
Unknown guy says
Which verse in the quran says that fight till everyone is allah?
Unknown guy says
Which verse in the quran says that fight till everyone believes in islam?
Daniel Triplett says
@Unknown guy
It’s a doctrine articulated repeatedly throughout the Koran and Sunnah. Here’s a brief listing to get you started:
https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/quran/forced-conversion.aspx
gravenimage says
Daniel, Dubai and the UAE are still pretty bad:
“Dubai: Tourist from UK gang-raped, now faces jail for extramarital sex”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/11/dubai-tourist-from-uk-gang-raped-now-faces-jail-for-extra-marital-sex
“UAE: Non-Muslim fired, faces prison for insulting Islam on social media”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/04/uae-non-muslim-fired-faces-prison-for-insulting-islam-on-social-media
Daniel Triplett says
Yes, that’s not good. And the thing is, that’s about as good as it gets in Dar al-Islam.
If the company wants to pay me great money to layover in the Fairmont Dubai one or two nights per month, I’ll do it. But it’s certainly no place I’d travel to for vacation, and under no circumstance would I take a wife or family there.
No amount of money could get me to move there for a career.
Most of the flight crews at Emirates Airlines are British, Australian, and American. I’ve had some friends who’ve done it. They’re paid well, and given a segregated nice house to live in in an enclosed neighborhood with the other expat aircrew. They seldom leave the “plantation” though. Aside from the great equipment, money, and all the young single British and Australian flight attendants, there’s nothing else good about living and working there. They tell me they get treated horribly by the Arabs. What’s the point of making a lot of money anyway if you’re living on the moon? And like you said, getting accused of a crime there, especially a twisted sharia crime, would turn your world upside down real quick.
There are just too many great places to visit in the world. No reason to mess around anywhere in Dar al-Islam. Europe, S America, Japan, Taiwan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Thailand, New Zealand, Australia, or anywhere in the US are my favorite places to go.
I think you’re in the Bay Area. That’s where I’d live if I could. Politics and cost of living aside, San Francisco is the most beautiful city in the world IMHO. Hong Kong’s #2. Big Sur and Na’Pali are the greatest coastlines on the planet.
gravenimage says
Agree, Daniel. And even I can’t afford to live in the city I grew up in anymore. My husband and I bought a home across the bay in Oakland in the late 1990s, and we are almost through with paying the mortgage. It is now worth seven and a half times what we bought it for, and we could not afford it today.
Daniel Triplett says
Yes, I get the appeal of the Bay. The vibe, the natural beauty, the climate, the laid back friendly people, the whole thing.
Some of my friends who’ve lived there for a while have described it to me like this: You buy a small place, then sell it a few years later for a little bit bigger place, then you do it again in a few years for an even bigger place, then after 20 years of repeating that cycle you sell it all for $1 to 1.5 Million and buy a giant retirement home on some acreage in Montana.
James Lincoln says
Daniel Triplett,
Two excellent post, my compliments.
Seems like my time at Naval Support Activity Bahrain was similar to your experience in UAE.
Felt fairly safe in Manama, but always maintained situational awareness – and never traveled alone…
Daniel Triplett says
That was my impression of Bahrain too James. Of all the places to be deployed in that AOR, Bahrain would be the best spot to be. I was in and out of the Bahrain Airport at least 50 times, but only spent about 10 nights there.
I understand that relative the other Gulf States, Bahrain is much more relaxed, especially compared to KSA on the other side of that 15 mile causeway, across which many Arabs drive to escape and unwind from the daily scrutiny of the Saudi Mutaween (Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice – Sharia police).
The hotel in Manama where we stayed had drinking, and 20 minutes after checking in, every guy automatically gets an unsolicited knock on our room doors from lovely SE Asian ladies sent to be our ‘special friend’ for the night.
KSA was the most hard core sharia that I personally saw anywhere. Of the 120+ countries I ever traveled to on USAF missions, KSA is the only place that ever checked our bags after landing. They rifled through every bag every single time checking for contraband. No alcohol, Bibles, or porn allowed. No crucifixes, not even jewelry. No pictures of Christ or Mary. Couldn’t even have muscle and fitness magazines.
While in KSA in the early years of the war, we’d occasionally go off base in groups of 10 or more to go gold shopping or visit “chop-chop” square to watch the sharia floggings, amputations, and beheadings. When the locals would see us Americans there, they’d clear a path in the crowd and want to push us up to the front row to show off their ‘superior’ virtue and criminal justice system.
Off base in KSA, the US servicewomen in our group were required to wear the face veil part of the niqab. They were also required to keep quiet and walk behind all of us men. We found this quite amusing of course, and endlessly teased the women with this unusual power we temporarily had over them. Just playin, of course. The women saw the humor in the situation too. Then along came one Martha McSally, who had zero sense of humor and was totally indignant about it. She decided to take a stand about it, demanding full equality, dumping all diplomacy, and refused to observe the local rules. She made a huge deal out of it, which went all the way up to the 4-Star, who from that point on prohibited all US military, both men and women, from leaving the base for leisure anywhere in KSA — all thanks to buzz-kill Martha.
By the time I separated, force protection policy anywhere on the peninsula, except maybe Bahrain, confined all US military to on base or the hotel unless necessary for the mission.
gravenimage says
Actually, I think the fault was more fault of the Saudis than it was “buzz-kill Martha”.
And your description of Chop-Chop Square is *very* disturbing.
James Lincoln says
Daniel Triplett,
Thank you for your reply. Very disturbing stuff in KSA to say the least.
I personally witnessed countless Saudis coming over the King Fahad Causeway into Manama, Bahrain.
As you said, they came to unwind – and drink lots and lots of alcohol.
They then returned to sharia Saudi Arabia – as if nothing had happened…
Daniel Triplett says
I thought I may hear from you on that GI. I always respect you, but you know I just gotta tell it like it is, not just the way we’d prefer it to be.
And I agree with you BTW. Martha McSally is not at fault. Islam is.
Daniel Triplett says
Thanks James
Thank you for all you’ve done for America. I always look forward to reading your posts.
Dan
DearDiary says
Islam has loose threads everywhere they rule. I am sure most Muslims in the Middle East are resigned to the fact that Israel isn’t going away and are also tired of the same old men lying over and over to them. Their leaders seem to be moving in a more rational direction shoring up a position intended to calm down their poorly served customers.
DearDiary says
Except for Turkey.
James Lincoln says
Great job by the Trump administration!
No way that this could have been pulled off by “Sleepy Joe” and Kamala…
gravenimage says
Trump announces ‘historic peace agreement’ between Israel and the United Arab Emirates
…………..
I heard about this this morning–with the “Palestinians” screaming that this is “treason” from the UAE.
I just hope that the UAE can be trusted.
Also, Israel has now put reclaiming Judea and Samaria on hold as part of the agreement–perhaps not the best move. Time will tell…
gravenimage says
There may be a more concerning aspect to this:
“UAE Foreign Minister Warns On Israeli Annexation Plans”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/06/uae-foreign-minister-warns-on-israeli-annexation-plans
The UAE has now stopped those plans. Is that the whole point of this for the UAE? Likely so…
owensgate says
A lead pipe cinch that annexation will proceed, just put back ’till December, or after the election. It was a win-win-win for all involved, except Iran, “Palestinians” and Hezbollah. Trump wins, for doing a “Peace” action for his election, the UAE wins because Israel and the UAE have been helping each other for months, it’s just out in the open now, and Israel wins because they get to do what they’re going to do anyway, without the “noise”. The public “noise” from the UAE about the annexation is for local consumption, everyone in the ME has given tacit approval. Look for commercial air travel between Tel Aviv and UAE to increase, and look for the “Kingdom” to make Peace with Jerusalem also…
gravenimage says
Maybe, owensgate…but Israel is apt to keep to their agreements–unlike Muslims.
jewdog says
Mullah-phobia, and the rational instinct on the part of the Gulf Arabs to preserve their wealth and power against Islamic radicals, played a great part. Congrats to Trump and the parties involved, but let’s not forget that the jihad is down, but hardly out.
kami-sama says
Laughing my a$$ off the Palestinian Authority is loosing it’s mind they even called it a” treason to Jerusalem & they denounce the normalization with israel”
What a bunch of psychos , did they forget about the tens of thousands of Palestinians working for & doing trade with israel .
If those pussys want to free Palestine they can do it themselves instead of keep on stealing money to enrich their own pockets & restricting their own people’s freedoms
jca reid says
My view is it means nothing. UAE nowhere near Israel & has no real sway in the Arab World. This goes along the lines of the Ribbentrop – Molotov Pact & the Treaties that Mohammed drew up …. & subsequently broke.
FYI says
The UAE have a project called MARS 2117 :they hope to build a city on …Mars by 2117.
{Google it:it is for real}
I wonder what it will be called:mecca 2?And if other infidels like the Chinese decide to dwell on mars will that mean Jihad is necessary?
gravenimage says
Yes–if there are humans on Mars, Muslims will eventually try to murder them if they don’t covert to Islam.
FYI says
If the UAE and its sheikh are planning a city on Mars for 2117 then of course they will have factored in a mosque:no doubt the muslims think that ‘allah’ will have conquered the Earth by then and so it will be time for the ‘religion of peace’ to conquer other worlds.The Chinese I’m sure would like their own Martian city :but Chinese and muslims won’t mix on Mars.
{muslims should go to Venus instead:the sulphuric acid atmosphere and its intolerable climate would ideally suit their toxic cult}
No doubt the muslims would love a mosque on our moon at some stage.
Maemae77 says
More than likely they will go back on their peace agreements just like their “Prophet Muhammad” did three times.
No peace agreements have ever worked in over 1,400 years so…
Good luck!
No Muzzies Here says
As predicted, NOT A WORD of praise for Trump from the Democrats.