A Political Earthquake Brings Seismic Change to the Middle East

A massive political earthquake which will bring sudden and dramatic change has rocked the Middle East. Here are some of the headlines from news articles and opinion pieces over the last few days. The National Post, "Israel and UAE to normalize diplomatic relations in historic shift in Middle East politics”; The New York Times, "A Geopolitical Earthquake Just Hit the Mideast”; The Telegraph, “UAE’s Israel olive branch punches a wall through decades of Arab intransigence”; Stratfor, "The UAE Paves the Way for Arab Gulf States to Normalize Their Israeli Ties”; Times of Israel, "Hailing ‘new era with Arab world,’ Netanyahu says others will follow UAE’s lead”, and " After Israel-UAE deal, Kushner indicates more Arab countries will follow”, and; The BBC, "Kushner: Israel-UAE treaty a 'massive change' for the region”.