US President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday he believes Saudi Arabia will be the next country to join the recent peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He said once enough nations join, so will Iran, and “there will be peace.”
Trump told reporters at the White House that “a good deal was the deal we made with UAE and Israel” last week and asserted that other countries “want to come into that deal,” later clarifying that he envisioned Saudi Arabia following suit.
The statement came after Trump promised to reimpose UN sanctions against Iran, saying they would force Tehran to the negotiating table.
Some critics have noted that rather than bringing Iran into the deal, the purpose of the Israel-UAE pact is to move closer to forming a united front against Iran, which is their mutual enemy as well as Riyadh’s.
When Abu Dhabi agreed to normalize relations on August 13, Israel paid a steep price: cancellation, at least temporarily, of its plans to annex nearly one-third of the West Bank near the River Jordan.
After the 1979 revolution, Iran’s new cleric-led government rescinded its recognition of Israel, which had been a political partner against mutual Arab rivals under the ousted shah.
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