Over the past few months, the administration of US President Joe Biden has gone into overdrive, trying to secure a tripartite agreement between the United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel. The proposed deal would involve Saudi Arabia recognising the state of Israel in exchange for massive security guarantees from the US government and some assurances on the eventual creation of a Palestinian state.Although Washington has framed it as a quest for Middle East peace, stability and prosperity, a pact of this kind is more likely to lead to greater polarisation in the region, proxy conflicts and more suffering for its people.Keen American observers have already criticised the Biden administration for this pursuit, questioning the wisdom and worthiness of a deal “with two of the world’s least trustworthy leaders” that would “make the world safer for Israeli apartheid”. If indeed normalisation of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel would not make a difference for the US, then why is the Biden administration getting involved in what appears to be a costly, shady and risky deal that is sure to draw it back into the Middle East quagmire?
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