America returns to the Middle East

For the first time in history, the US president in the first after the inauguration of a foreign tour visits a “hot point”-the territory of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In Israel, where the war has been going on for almost 70 years and terrorism has become a daily reality, they again talk about the world, indivisible Jerusalem and the Iranian atomic bomb.

Thanks and shawl!

When the first side of the US President landed at Ben-Gurion Airport, the cabinet and the government, representatives of all religious faiths were already lined up in a line perpendicular to the red carpet and rush for speeches. Israeli President Roven Ruvin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, first lady Sarah Netanyahu in a dress of the Republican Party of the United States, froze at the plane of the aircraft. The brass band and honorary guard, dozens of cameras and reporters. Under the scorching sun, the ceremony on the protocol without a bitch and a bitch.

- Thank you and shawl! - said Trump, going out to the microphone on specially, a platform built for welcoming speeches.

About a million dollars were allocated by the Israeli side for the protection and safety of a senior guest and one thousand accompanying persons. Three thousand police officers guarded the airport, blocked the streets along the route route. At the time of landing, the sky was completely closed over Israel. And the flight from Saudi Arabia, where the tour began, in Tel Aviv became possible thanks to a special air corridor open only for a few hours.

Dance with sabers

One of the commentators, jokingly, noticed that over the past 70 years Trump, the only one who managed to penetrate Israel with a Saudi visa.

In 1948, neighboring Arab countries declared war on the Israeli state. In 1979, Israel signed a peace agreement with Egypt, in 1994 - with Jordan. With Saudi Arabia, a peace treaty has not yet been concluded. With Israel, this country does not have official diplomatic relations. And the fact that Trump becomes an intermediary between countries is called a turning point in the Middle East.

A video reporting of King Salman in honor of the President of America, where he participated in national dances, all agencies flew around. But Donald Trump came to Saudi Arabia not a dance with sabers to dance. A few hours before departure to Israel, an agreement was signed on the supply of American weapons and military equipment for 110 billion dollars with the first trenches and 350 billion over the next 10 years.

The people love us

The fact that Trump came to Jerusalem to declare a cardinal change in relations with Israel became obvious from the first minutes when the couple of Trumps left the plane. Both pairs of Netanyahu and Trumps scattered in compliments to each other and deliberately emphasized, despite the official situation, their close, friendly relations.

It seems that for a minute the wife of the Prime Minister of Israel Sarah Netanyahu did not fall silent for a minute. With this secular chatter, she gave rich food for ridicule and indignation of journalists.

“Unlike the press,” she said to Melania and Donald, “the people of Israel love you, we tell them how magnificent you are, and they love you too.”

- ABOUT! We have a lot in common, ”Trump was delighted.

- So many! - the first lady joyfully confirmed, - We will talk about this at dinner.

In holy places

But before dinner, the guests expected an extensive program, scheduled literally in a minute.

In addition to protocol events, the president’s residence included several visits to the holy places. In the middle of the day, Trump without official support went to the wall of crying and the temple of the coffin of the Lord. The old city was literally paralyzed, security services blocked passages along its narrow streets. In the temple of the Holy Sepulcher, the head of the White House spoke with the Catholicos of the Armenian Church and with the Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem. One of Trump's first foreign tour was his desire to visit the shrines of the three religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam - and meet the leaders of three faiths. The trip to the east will end in the Vatican with a meeting with Pope Francis.

At the same time, the White House carefully complied with the “KVO status”, emphasizing that so far it officially recognized either the sovereignty of Israel over East Jerusalem, nor the state of Palestine. Therefore, a private visit was a trip of the US president in Bethlehem, located in the territory of the Palestinian autonomy, where he met with the leader of the autonomy of Mahmud Abass. Several dozen Palestinians arranged for this occasion a picket of solidarity with the starving prisoners in Israeli prisons and with slogans against the policy of the new US administration. And in Jerusalem itself, in the Al-Aksa mosque, a sermon sounded in which Trump was called the devil and the enemy of Islam. In gas, the anti -American manifestation took place on the day of the visit. The demonstrators burned the scarecrow of the American president.

Jerusalem - a city without status

One of the most acute topics of the visit was the question of the status of Jerusalem. The scandal erupted in January, when Trump said that he was planning to transfer the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

According to the “CVO status”, the world community does not recognize Jerusalem the capital of Israel and all diplomatic missions are in Tel Aviv.

Therefore, Trump's statement about the possibility of transfer provoked a storm of emotions from both the Israeli and Palestinian side. Then the conflict managed to extinguish. But David Friedman, the new US Ambassador to Israel, taking office, said that he was hoping to start work not in Tel Aviv, but in Jerusalem.

The question of recognizing Jerusalem by the capital of Israel and obtaining status from the point of view of international law is one of the most acute and awaiting their decision.

Is peace possible in the Middle East

Trump explained what principles the US Middle Eastern policy will be built: “Regional cooperation will make a safe life in the Middle East, a safe life in the United States and a safe life around the world, including the resumption of peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israel.” He hopes to solve the problems of the region through the settlement of relations with the Muslim world.

Saudi Arabia and the USA - for the revision of the nuclear agreement with Iran, concluded under President Barack Obama. “Iran who sponsored terrorism,” Trump said, “will not have an atomic bomb.” It is impossible to allow him to create a nuclear weapon.

It became known that in response to Trump's statements, Iranian President Hassan Rukhani replied that Iran would continue missile trials and everything that was happening in Israel and Er-Riyada similar to the show.

New decisions of the old conflict

The Trump administration relies on Saudi Arabia, which is interested in cooperation with Israel, and, possibly, will support the refusal to return the Golan Heights and the “borders of 1967”.

The Saudi initiative includes all states of the region and, first of all, involves the beginning of negotiations with moderate Muslim countries.

According to Trump, King Salman considers the world between Israel and Palestine a barrier in the path of radical Islam. The Palestinian settlement awaits new decisions of the old conflict and the new concept of dialogue, in whatever form it passes - the creation of a government of national unity, two states for two peoples, one state for two peoples. Today one thing is clear - America has returned to the Middle East and radically changes the balance of power in the region. The 28-hour, which lasted the visit of Donald Trump to Israel, the observers called the beginning of a new era in the region.

Jerusalem-Tel Aviv