Trump’s Middle East Friends Brace for Biden

The leaders who benefited most from Trump’s uniquely friendly White House are locking in their gains.

From left: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and President Donald Trump, place their hands on an illuminated globe in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. — From left: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and President Donald Trump, place their hands on an illuminated globe in Riyadh on May 21, 2017.
Photographer: Bandar Algaloud/Saudi Royal Council/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

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By Ivan Levingston, Zainab Fattah, and Vivian Nereim

October 15, 2020 at 4:01 AM UTC

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Rising from the rocky terrain of the Golan, a sign welcomes visitors to the future site of “Trump Heights.”

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a new settlement there to thank an American president who broke with international convention to endorse Israeli sovereignty over Arab land. Yet one of the settlement’s main organizers is already warning that Donald Trump’s name could be replaced.