Enamored of Arab money, arms sales and enlisting Arab states in their pro-Israeli and anti-Iranian agenda, the Trump administration's real play was never about the Palestinians or two states. In my first meeting with Kushner in 2017, it was clear where the administration was headed. The objective was not to enlist the Arab states to leverage Israel into making concessions to the Palestinians. There is little doubt that the Pompeo and possible Kushner trip eventually will produce additional agreements on normalization with Israel. Pompeo will knock on doors in Bahrain and Sudan and visit the UAE to consolidate the agreement already made there.

Source: CNN August 25, 2020 18:22 UTC