Israel’s Triumphant Season

The star of Israel’s geopolitical future is rising.

Revelers, including history-making delegations from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, participate in the historical lighting of the Menorah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. December 15, 2020. (photo: Adam Millstein/Twitter)

With so much of 2020 having been derailed by the worldwide calamity of COVID-19, celebrating the triumphs of the past year is perhaps more important that ever.

COVID-19 has changed a great many things, and brought a screeching halt to others. There are some things, however, that not even a global pandemic could stop. In the case of Israel, it is the near miraculous power of an idea whose time has finally come.

The world, including the Middle East, is at last prepared to accept the existence of the world’s only Jewish state.

The change has been coming for some time, with more and more Middle Eastern nations dealing quietly with Israel. In spite of an intention to create the opposite effect, the foreign policy decisions of the Obama administration with regards to Iran has weakened Iran to the point of disaster.

With all the money the Iranian government received from the well-intentioned Obama administration, it funded too much terror against its neighbors and co-religionists. As a result, those Muslim-majority Middle Eastern nations are now prepared to make their peace with Israel. Out of necessity, they are ready to formalize diplomatic relations, and accept Israeli help in maintaining the safety and sovereignty of their countries.