The participants at the Abu Dhabi Strategic Forum 5 agreed that the end of what they described as "the myth of Iranian power" has become very imminent, stressing that Tehran is approaching the edge of the abyss, especially in light of the problems it is currently experiencing.
During the past two days, a meeting of the forum has witnessed a divergence of views regarding the "deal of the century". Former Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Amr Moussa, said that it does not constitute a deal in any way because it adopts the Israeli view, The issue of Jerusalem is excluded from negotiations, while Washington Institute for Near East Policy adviser Dennis Ross has called for the deal not to be judged before it is disclosed.
The fifth Abu Dhabi Strategic Forum, organized by the Emirates Policy Center in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, was concluded yesterday under the patronage of HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
The first session of the forum dealt with the issue of the "Deal of the Century and the dismantling of its chip", far from exaggeration, in an attempt to understand the reform of the new Middle East, where the adviser at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Dennis Ross, that US President Donald Trump sees himself different And that he is capable of reaching a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, adding that in the recent period, Israel and Arab countries have expressed the need to build strategic relations between the two sides to confront the common security threats emanating from Iran and terrorism.
"This is an incentive for the Trump administration to reach a deal to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," he said. "The Arab countries are responsible for this, so it is wrong to judge this deal before it is disclosed. The deal will not be raised before the upcoming Israeli elections. "
"This deal should give the Arabs something that would allow them to provide cover for the Palestinian leadership," he said. "It must also be presented in writing to the Arab leaders involved in trying to reach peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis."
The former Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Amr Moussa, stressed that the Palestinian cause is still alive among the peoples and the Arab countries, as evidenced by the consensus of the Arabs, leaders and peoples, to reject the Trump administration's decision to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem.
He said: "The deal of the century does not constitute a deal in any way, because it appears to adopt the Israeli view, it excluded the issue of Jerusalem from negotiations," stressing that Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinians will not accept it.
The forum devoted a session to discuss the "end of the myth of Iranian power," during which the Executive Director of the Center for Strategic and Diplomatic Studies at the University of South Florida, Dr. Mohsen Milani, explained that Tehran faces three internal problems: the first economic, part of which is linked to US sanctions, - Linked to corruption and waste.
"The second problem concerns the demographic factor. The large population in Iran creates challenges in development, the Iranian people are educated, and a large part of them oppose Khamenei's ideas and policies, while the third is the uncertainty about Khamenei's successor."
"Iran is in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen, and this presence is draining it economically, especially following the imposition of the two US sanctions packages, but I think the collapse of the regime in Tehran is the worst scenario for the region."
In turn, Abu Dhabi University faculty member Dr. Sultan Al Nuaimi explained that the Iranian regime is suffering from the problem of weakening internal legitimacy and the tightening of the security grip, stressing that the economic decay of the Iranian economy is not due to sanctions alone but also due to internal corruption and mismanagement.
«The Arab World .. Walking on Water»
Under the title «The Arab World .. Walking on Water», I again discussed the meetings of the final day of the forum challenges facing the Arab world internally and regionally, such as the war in Syria, and the situation in Yemen and Libya, as the former Prime Minister, Khalid Bahah, that the search for the state Nationalism is still the biggest challenge in Yemen and several Arab countries, pointing to the importance of reaching solutions in Yemen seriously, by the Arab region, and the international community.
The former Libyan prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, said that "the Arab world, even in a state of weakness, has a lot of elements of force, and the reasons for change are no longer an option, but a matter of inevitability objective conditions," stressing that the Arab issue has become Either change or you will change.
In turn, the former Egyptian Foreign Minister, Nabil Fahmy, considered that the Arab revolutions, which began in 2011, as a reflection of the desire for national liberation, mismanaged, rejecting the principle of change absolutely.