KT McFarland @realKTMcFarland
Bravo to @realDonaldTrump and @jaredkushner. Everyone said it couldn’t happen. But it just did. Arab-israeli peace. Read my @FoxOpinions on how @POTUS unconventional approach worked where others failed.
https://twitter.com/realKTMcFarland/status/1305914530896187394
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-middle-east-peace-kt-mcfarland
KT McFarland:
Trump Middle East peace approach was not conventional. Here's what made the difference
To the consternation of the foreign policy establishment, President Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, not just once, but twice. To their amazement, he tackled the world’s one seemingly unsolvable problem – Arab-Israeli peace – and seems to be succeeding.
For decades, American presidents had tried to achieve Middle East peace. They all failed.
Why? Because the oil-rich Gulf Arab states refused to deal with Israel until the Palestinian problem was solved.
As a result, their starting point was always the thorniest problem in the region – and Middle East peace was always a non-starter.
President Trump took a different approach. Rather than starting with the Palestinians, he decided to work from the outside in, beginning with the Gulf Arab countries.
To make that a viable option, he had to first force changes in the underlying reality of the region, by maneuvering circumstances so the Arabs came to realize it was in their self-interest to make peace with Israel. …
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