Just waiting for a spark.

Jared Kushner, son-in-law of President Donald Trump, presided over a White House conference on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, wrote Prof N Feldman. "Who participated was noteworthy: Israel was there, alongside Arab states with which it does not have diplomatic relations, such as Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Who didn't participate was noteworthy too: The Palestinians, who have been boycotting Trump since his announcement that the US will have an embassy in Jerusalem." The idea is to develop a front combining Sunni Arab states and Israel against Iran, but the Arab people will not tolerate that unless the Palestinian situation is resolved. The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is scared of Arabs making a deal with Israel without consulting him, but he cannot be seen to be weak, which would result in a takeover by Hamas. So, he is compelled to refuse to cooperate in the hope of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being forced to resign on charges of corruption. In a further sign of thaw the Saudis allowed Air India to fly across its airspace to Israel for the first time in history. In a meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last October Kushner may have given  him names of Saudis opposed to the prince who were subsequently arrested on corruption charges. These names were in reports seen by Trump and his advisers only. The Saudis denied that Kushner is in their pockets. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is gradually converting his nation into another Pakistan. He is using religion to expand his powers, locked up tens of thousands of people on flimsy charges and has supported terrorists against the Syrian regime of Bashar al Assad. He has emasculated the army with false charges against generals as opposed to Pakistan where the army controls the civilian government. Recently Turkish forces took over the Syrian town of Afrin and expelled Kurds who had won against ISIS. Kurds thought they had the support of the US after being the only boots on the ground against ISIS but the US did not protect them because Turkey is a member of NATO. Much like the US has been protecting Pakistan all these years. Pakistan has been playing a double game of pretending to help the US in its fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan while helping the Taliban with training and arms to attack US and NATO soldiers. However, time maybe running out for this failed state as its foreign exchange reserves dwindle to $12.1 billion, less than that of Bangladesh, and it was forced to devalue its currency for the second time in four months, raising fears of inflation. Will Pakistan sell nuclear weapons to Saudi Arabia in desperation? With so many jokers anything can happen. Probably will.