Pentagon integrates Israel into Middle East command

The US Department of Defense on Friday announced plans to include Israel in its Middle East Central Command on Friday, a move intended to consolidate the anti-Tehran front.

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Without being cited, Iran is thus targeted.

The so-called Abrahamic agreements relate to a normalization of relations between Arab countries and Israel.

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The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco in turn have normalized their relations with the Hebrew state, under the aegis of the United States, represented by Jared Kushner, son-in-law and adviser to President Donald Trump.

The balances in the Middle East being thus redefined, the Pentagon estimated that its military relations with Israel could henceforth be managed by the Middle Eastern branch of the Central Command (Centcom) and no longer by the European management of Centcom.

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Washington's diplomacy under Donald Trump has succeeded in shattering the Arab consensus that no deal is possible with the Jewish state without resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

This step taken allows Washington to consolidate its alliance with the Sunni Arab countries against Iran, this country being seen as the main threat to regional stability.

The Pentagon also announced Friday that the military strength of the United States now amounted to 2,500 in Afghanistan and Iraq, in accordance with President Trump's wish to end “

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