Arab states are quietly making peace with Israel

The preconditions for peace are already there. The landscape has changed dramatically in recent years.

Just to be clear – I am not saying all Arabs love Israel. Not at all. Far from it.

There is deep Arab resentment, anger and frustration toward Israel, especially toward the Netanyahu government.
The Palestinians continue to fight for dignity, and they enjoy broad Arab support.
Unfortunately there remain death cults like the ISIS-remnants and ISIS-wannabes, also in the mix.

But these facts overshadow a more complex reality emerging on the ground.

Most Arab nations have begun quietly waving the white flag; they seek no more military conflict with Israel. Even states that once waged war against Israel have moved on. They are no longer working to wipe out the Jewish state.

The major Arab League nations that no longer seek Israel’s destruction include:

Egypt (1979 peace treaty)
Jordan (1994 peace treaty)
UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan (recent Abraham Accords or normalization steps).

Other Arab states and forces have stood down, been beaten down or backed off.

Syria – Its anti-Israel dictator Bashar Al-Assad fell in 2024. The new government is less hostile to Israel.
Lebanon – Israel’s pager attacks and other strikes decimated Hezbollah in 2024. That fractured state is less hostile.
Qatar – It often uses money and media to discredit the Jewish state, but it never seeks direct confrontation.
Others (Saudi Arabia, Oman) engage pragmatically — seeking quiet diplomacy, security coordination or conditional normalization — rather than destruction.

Bottom line: Israel’s adversaries want no more smoke. They’ve stopped betting on Israel’s disappearance. They know their oil will run out long before a nation like Israel falls. Most now choose reality and prosperity over jihadist fantasy and permanent war.

As a result: no Arab state is openly, actively seeking Israel’s destruction anymore.

None.

Sit with that.

This shift toward normalization is only accelerating and deepening. Egypt and Israel just announced a multi-billion-dollar natural gas deal a few weeks ago. Smart business ties between Arabs and Israelis are slowly becoming the rule, not the exception.

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