Former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, offered a vision on Sunday of what a Biden presidency could mean for the Middle East and asked President-elect Joe Biden to “continue the momentum” created by the United Nations peace initiatives. President Trump in the region.
“I hope the president-elect will continue with the momentum because it is good not only for Israel or the modern Arab countries, it is good for the United States,” he told Fox News presenter Eric Shawn.
Danon praised Trump for moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, withdrawing the U.S. from the nuclear deal with Iran and brokering Abraham’s agreements that normalize relations between Israel and four Arab states – the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.
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“I flew to Dubai a few years ago and it was a very delicate visit. Today, you have 14 flights a week from Tel Aviv to Dubai, so we already see the fruits of peace, “he said,” and we are excited about that. “
Danon, now president of Likud World, an Israeli political party, said he hopes the new government will continue with Trump’s approach to the nuclear deal with Iran and not re-enter the deal.
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Trump announced that he would pull the U.S. out of the Obama-brokered deal – also known as the Joint Global Action Plan (JCPOA) in 2018, calling the deal “flawed in its essence”.
Biden, however, expressed plans to re-join the agreement if Iran strictly complies with the nuclear agreement.
“First of all, we have to look at the facts and the facts are that business is bad business … the Iranians ignored it, we saw what they did in the last five years and everything we learned about everything is happening today,” Danon said.
He advises Biden’s foreign policy team “not to listen to Iranians, to apply more sanctions and not to try to appease them.
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“When you try to appease them, they take advantage of it,” he argued, “and I think it will be bad for the United States to play that game.
Instead, Danon said he “would recommend [to] that the new government apply more pressure, work with the region’s allies, and if the Iranians are willing to change the agreement, which I doubt, you can talk about it, ”he explained.
“But you don’t run right away and hug them and give them what they want.”