The peace agreement between Israel and the Emirates, as well as to Bahrain, shows that peace has become a source of pride in the Arab world.
The peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, to which Bahrain also joined, is an important and even historic achievement for Israel.
Along with the political, security and economic gains it will derive from the agreement, it also testifies to its success in breaking the glass ceiling, the same artificial barrier set by the Palestinian question on Israel's path to normalization and peace with the Arab world.
The agreement is first and foremost excellent news for the United Arab Emirates, and has the potential to make it a leading country in the Persian Gulf and even a central and influential country in the entire Arab world.
The daring and courage shown by this country when it changed the mouths of experts and commentators - but even more so when it was far ahead of countries much larger - is not only a testament to its power, but also a calculated gamble that has risen and turned it into another tiny oil princess in the Gulf. Its impact in the coming years.
Peace with Israel is no longer an unforgivable necessity that Arab states inevitably sign, and which they leave stagnant so as not to upset public opinion in their country.
The peace agreement between Israel and the Emirates, as well as Bahrain, shows that peace has become a source of pride, as well as a winning card that Arab countries use to establish and strengthen their status.
The UAE has grown and become in the last two decades a leading economic center in the Gulf.
But this is not enough, because in the Arab world, and in the Persian Gulf in particular, money alone does not provide resilience.
If it is not accompanied by military and political power, the state is doomed to become at the mercy of its neighbors.
And with "friendly" neighbors, like Saddam Hussein's Iraq at the time or modern-day Iran, there is no need for enemies.
The one who asked for the crown in previous decades was the Princess of Qatar.
It invited American forces to its territory, launched the first satellite television channel in the Arab world, al-Jazeera, and finally also advanced its ties with Israel.
But Qatar lost momentum and retreated in a series of erroneous decisions, replacing innovation and modernity as well as ties with Israel with Islamic extremism.
Qatar's rulers mistakenly believed that both extremism and hostility to Israel would ensure their centrality in the region, but the complete opposite happened.
Qatar has lost its status in the Gulf and the Arab world.
Only Israel, unwisely, gives it a pinch of legitimacy when it allows it to act as a mediator between it and Hamas.
The signing of the peace agreement with the Emirates and Bahrain seems to be a great opportunity to return Qatar to its natural place, to leave it in quarantine as an isolated principality of terror and extremism.
One way or another, the United Arab Emirates overtook Qatar and also Kuwait, which with typical goodwill refuses to help the United States in its efforts to promote stability in the region and peace between Israel and the Arabs. Qatar - Out, while the United Arab Emirates - In. And this is just the beginning. Not only an ally, but also a powerful strategic partner who plays an increasing role in the Arab world.
