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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
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I can't help but wonder what deals are being made with other countries to declare support for Israel. Trump really wants that Peace Prize, but the details are really lacking.
Don't get me wrong, I fundamentally support Israel, so if anything good comes out of the Trump presidency, I hope this is it. I just have trouble believing that all these countries are normalizing relations with Israel just because Trump asked them to.
It wasn't huge news, but fairly recently Trump had the president of Serbia at the Whitehouse and worked out some kind of new deal to move forward on the Kosovo issue. Serbia agreed to start a path for normalizing relations with the breakaway region and as part of the deal, also moved their embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. This was something that put the country more at odds with the EU, which believes that the two-state solution cannot occur if Jerusalem becomes the recognized capital. It derails Serbia's aspirations to join the EU and makes them more isolated. Essentially, it works to Russia's advantage which views Serbia as a conduit for promoting their foreign policy in Europe. What Serbia gets out of the deal has not been released publicly. Their president was never really onboard with joining the EU, but other political factions were. By accepting the Jerusalem poison-pill into the agreement, it's pretty good insurance they can't join the EU. Russia is the main country that benefits from that. It was something that so obviously plays into Russia's foreign policy, but barely got noticed in North America.
I guess the point is, what looks like something peaceful and stabilizing on the surface, can have unforeseen consequences if we don't have all the information.
As a side note, Putin was also just nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.