US Drafts Post-War Middle East Plan With 3 Pillars as Trump Eyes Bigger Regional Realignment
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Updated · The Jerusalem Post · Sep 5
US Drafts Post-War Middle East Plan With 3 Pillars as Trump Eyes Bigger Regional Realignment
3 articles · Updated · The Jerusalem Post · Sep 5
Summary
Axios reported the Trump administration has begun early work on a post-war Middle East strategy meant to guide US policy after the Iran war and through Trump’s final years in office.
Three proposed pillars are taking shape: US-backed regional alignment to contain a post-war Iran, Saudi-Israeli normalization through an expanded Abraham Accords framework, and efforts to manage fallout from Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack and the Gaza war.
Trump has held at least 2 meetings with senior advisers on the plan, while senior officials and multiple agencies are doing preliminary work on what one source said could take weeks to draft fully.
Possible follow-on steps include advancing the next phase of Trump’s Gaza peace plan, pursuing an Israel-Syria security agreement, and implementing Israel-Lebanon arrangements aimed at countering Hezbollah.
The administration hopes Israel’s post-election government after the Oct. 27 Knesset vote will cooperate, though US officials said Trump intends to press ahead regardless of the result.