The political integration of the Abraham Accords is going well. Network after network follows. Recently, the non-partisan initiative to establish an emissary of the Abraham Accords within the State Department.
This is to be seen against the background that the ‘Abraham Accords Caucus’ in the Senate calls for an extension of the Abraham Accords, as reported on ‘VonNaftali‘. This was preceded by an extensive tour of the Abraham Caucus in the Abraham States, as reported by ‘VonNaftali‘.
However, the US Presidency cannot really warm to the Abraham Accords, as they bear the signature of former US President Donald Trump. And the anti-Israeli, anti-semitic radical left-wing pressure group ‘The Squad’ of the US Democrats dominates the politics of the Biden administration towards Israel. The former aides of Obama do the rest to diminish and even destroy the idea of the Abraham accords and to harm Israel.
However, the political and economic potential of the Abraham Accords as an alternative to the EU on the one hand, and China’s Silk Road on the other is enormous.
But the integration, the networking at non-governmental levels can be described as sluggish. There is a lot of catching up to do here, a lot of room for improvement. Too many state-financed lobby groups and institutes are romping about and tussling quite obviously for the tax pots and struggling for the stabilization and eternal enduration of their state subsidies.
This applies to the US. The Arab states do not have these problems and provide almost unlimited resources and a great deal of political goodwill. Unfortunately, Israel allows itself a rather chaotic, completely unstructured approach.
Israel benefits from the fact that it is – still – the rooster in the basket. Unfortunately, one has to notice a sluggishness typical of the Israeli bureaucracy and political echelon and the economy is primarily looking towards the USA.
No matter how brilliant the economic key figures between the UAE and Israel, it will change little, because on the one hand they are the result of cooperation between state-related companies and on the other hand the absolute figures are not really of strategic relevance. There has to be more fat on the meat.
In short, you are dealing with a structural crisis due to the political success that is too great. This success in the political echelon crushes all other areas of society. The economic, social and civil society and cultural dimensions hardly exist apart from state control.
The Abraham Accords are too successful – politically – and by the very success of establishing the political structures&networks the other and necessary areas (economy, civil society, culture, etc.) are crushed and diminished. However, without them, the Abraham Accords will not survive and will not gain a sustainable momentum.
Finally, geostrategic potentials are not really internalized, structured and stay more a big promise. Because the Abraham Accords have the potential to create a completely new economic area that stretches from Washington to Jerusalem, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh to New Delhi and represents a counterweight to Iran, Turkey and terrorism.
Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords
In this respect, the bi-partisan initiative of the two Congressmen – Torres (Democrats) and Lawler (Republicans) – makes sense, but falls short because it only has the state side in mind. The legislation, which has been endorsed by the American Jewish Committee (AJC), would also allow a special envoy to come from within the State Department.
In the press release both US Congressmen states: “U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (NY-15) today announced he is partnering with U.S. Representative Mike Lawler (NY-17) to introduce bipartisan legislation establishing a new special envoy position within the U.S. Department of State dedicated to advancing the Abraham Accords – the landmark 2020 U.S.-brokered normalization agreements between Israel and Arab countries in the Middle East. (…)
Under the “Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords Act”, the special envoy would work in coordination with regional ambassadors, nongovernmental organizations, and other stakeholders to strengthen and expand the Abraham Accords.
The individual, who would be appointed by the President, confirmed by the Senate, and report directly to the Secretary of State, would be required to have high-level diplomatic experience and be knowledgeable about Islamic and Jewish worlds, economies, securities, and human rights.” The legislation, which has been endorsed by the American Jewish Committee (AJC), would also allow a special envoy to come from within the State Department.
Well, let’s hope the best that politics may step down a little bit and give the other branches of society a room to breath.