Israel’s Shift Right Slows Mideast Peace Drive
Israeli security forces use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking the entrance of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on July 24.
Photographer: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images
It seemed like the dawn of a new era when then-President Donald Trump unveiled the Abraham Accords at a White House ceremony in September 2020 to normalize ties between Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
Trump’s successor, Joe Biden, set a goal of extending the rapprochement to the region’s main power, Saudi Arabia, custodian of Islam’s two holiest sites.