US Presidential staff receives huge donations from Muslim supporters • "Biden's victory could lead to a step backwards for countries that are in talks to normalize relations with Israel"
United Arab Emirates and Bahrain officials make it clear that Persian Gulf states' support for President Donald Trump's election to a second term in the White House is also encouraging and encouraging moderate Islamic communities across the continent to vote for the Conservative Republican Party, which is unpopular with the Muslim community.
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"We have one eye on the US election.
"We hope for Trump's victory, but we are also preparing for the possibility of a new president entering the Oval Office in the White House," the senior emirate diplomat said in an interview with "Israel Today." .
A senior official in the Bahraini capital, Manama, who is close to the ruling circles in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, also confirmed to Israel Today that there is a fear in the moderate Arab states that Trump will be defeated and that Biden will lead to a change in policy in the Middle East.
"There are preparations in case the administration changes and the administration's policy in the Middle East changes from end to end.
However, in both scenarios there is no concern about the agreements signed so far with Israel.
"In fact, Biden's victory may pave the way for a stronger alliance with Israel, with the understanding that we are interdependent and do not need constant backing from the Americans," he said.
The Bahraini official also added that although no more agreements are expected to be signed by the time of the US election to normalize relations between Arab countries and the State of Israel, talks with other countries are ongoing. "Negotiations to try and get more Arab countries to sign normalization of relations with Israel continue. "But if there is an agreement, it will be implemented only after the US election and in accordance with the winner's identity," the Bahraini official said, adding that "if Trump wins, there will be a flood of moderate Arab and Muslim countries eager to take part in the Middle East process."
A victory for Biden will mean that many countries that are currently in talks and explorations about the possibility of normalizing their relations will take a step back and recalculate the risk they are taking.
"The current level of relations and interests in the region is that Israel and the United States" mediate between Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the emirates that boycott it due to its ties to Iran and extremist Islamic terrorist organizations. "
The senior Arab diplomat also referred to recent reports about the possibility that Saudi Arabia would normalize its relations with Israel even before the US election, as part of Saudi Arabia's strategy to assist the president in the election campaign and even establish facts on the ground in case Trump is defeated.
"I have seen these speculations, there is nothing behind them and whoever presents them as a possibility understands nothing and a half in regional politics. Saudi Arabia supports the Abrahamic agreements and encourages other countries to take part in the process - but Riyadh also has its very clear considerations, and a key consideration is the Palestinian issue. Saudi Arabia. "It will not renounce the Arab peace initiative it has conceived so quickly. The agreement with Saudi Arabia will come, but in its own time," he said.