In his second term as US president, will Donald Trump's policies achieve peace in the Middle East, or just support America's long-term allies? While America's long-term allies Israel and Egypt have celebrated Donald Trump's upcoming return to the White House as US president , Qatar, Iran and other members of the Iran-led "Axis of Resistance" that oppose the US and Israel have diplomatically communicated their "political indifference." Political observers, meanwhile, have no doubt Trump is keen to continue carry on with his unique way of handling Mideast policies. "Trump likes to fashion himself as a dealmaker ," Neil Quilliam, a Middle East and North Africa specialist at the London-based think tank Chatham House, told DW.
"He will want to pick up from where he left off." In Quilliam's view, Trump has three major political plans for the Middle East. First, he will focus on ending Israel's conflicts with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon , the expert said.
However, an end to the war in Gaza, the establishment of a future administration of the Gaza Strip and the potential creation of a Palestinian state is most likely intertwined with Trump's second vision for the Middle East. "Trump will want to breathe new life into the Abraham Accords and increase the number of states that have normalized ties with Israel," said Quilliam, adding that " Saudi Arabia is his main target but Riyadh will resist unless Trump commits to a long-term project of creating a Palestinian state." The .
