A Voice of Reason
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There is nothing to gain from Israel. Look at Egypt and Jordan. Have peace treaties and both countries are struggling with economy and lack of resources.
Leaving aside all the chest thumping and foaming at the mouth of much of this thread, the above quote deserves a closer look.
Egypt and Jordan have a peace with Israel but it is a cold peace. Obstacles and opposition abound.
It really has only been since the Abraham Accords were signed that these two countries have woken up, saw the hundreds of millions and now Billions of USD in trade with the UAE (heavily in UAE's favour I might add) that they started to publicly debate whether they too should greatly ramp up trade with Israel.
Egypt for instance makes a lot of money liquifying Israeli gas and selling it to Europe. Up till recently it could only resell the gas rather than using it domestically. Because many of the citizens get emotionally stirred up and the government does not want to be see as too far from public sentiment. The populace pays higher electricity prices of course. Look at the opposition in Jordan to importing Israeli gas and water, even though it's an existential crisis that is being solved. Look at the internal Jordanian opposition to the UAE sponsored Jordan-Israel water-for-solar electricity project.
In summary, these countries have had limited economic dividends from peace because that is the peace they, not Israel, chose.
As far as Pakistan goes, just look over the eastern border. Israel, including the Israeli tech, is changing Indian agriculture. It is helping India with water management, food security, military equipment (including made in India collaborations), cyber defence, biotechnology, and much more.
The UAE also prospers in the same way. It engaged Israel wholeheartedly. Believe it or not Israelis are being made very welcome in the KSA well before any official relations. It bodes well for the level of trade and prosperity for if and when formal Normalization takes place.
A theoretical peace with Pakistan would also likely be much the same. It will be up to Pakistan to decide on the level of engagement it wishes to persue.
The KSA is not eyeing peace with Israel out of anything by clear eyed self interest. It can see potential that alas, a lot of Pakistanis do not. Not even when they look across their Eastern border.
Egypt and Jordan have, till now, been largely left behind as per their choice.
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