Plans for a key Israeli transportation hub just suffered a major setback due to the regional blockades against Israel.
An aerial view of Al Faw Grand Port as the Development Road Project, a Memorandum of Understanding for Joint Cooperation signed between Turkiye, Iraq, Qatar and the UAE, starting at the Port, is under construction in Basra, Iraq, on April 23, 2024.Israel’s aspirations to become the region’s transportation hub have taken a hit.
Moreover, the maritime blockades in the Red and Mediterranean Seas, along with the land blockade in Jordan, have raised doubts about the viability of Israel as an efficient and reliable transportation hub. The cost of the genocide in Palestine on Israel is now having strategic ramifications that undermine Israel’s future economic prospects.
A few months after Netanyahu flaunted the map of this “New Middle East,” in which Palestine was effectively erased, October 7 and the Israeli genocide that followed threw everything into disarray. Yemen’s Ansar Allah imposed a maritime blockade on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea in response to the Gaza genocide, while protests in Jordan sought to block land transportation from the Gulf to Israel. The Iraqi Islamic Resistance also initiated a limited blockade in the Mediterranean Sea.
After two decades of conflict, Iraq is positioning itself as a strategic U.S. ally, potentially linking itself indirectly to Israel through an “Abraham Accords 2.0” framework while eschewing direct connections with the country. Saudi Arabia has previously expressed interest in joining the project, and its existing trade links with the UAE make it a tacit partner by mere association.
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