{"id":2247676,"date":"2024-05-18T18:11:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T22:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-warn-bidens-latest-plan-for-middle-east-will-ignite-nuclear-arms-race-in-islamic-world\/"},"modified":"2024-05-18T18:13:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T22:13:47","slug":"experts-warn-bidens-latest-plan-for-middle-east-will-ignite-nuclear-arms-race-in-islamic-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-warn-bidens-latest-plan-for-middle-east-will-ignite-nuclear-arms-race-in-islamic-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s New Middle East Strategy Could Spark Nuclear Arms Race in Islamic World"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexperts-warn-bidens-latest-plan-for-middle-east-will-ignite-nuclear-arms-race-in-islamic-world%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2247676&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary\u200c discusses experts&#8217; concerns about President Biden&#8217;s Middle East strategy \u200dpotentially triggering a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ronald-regans-former-secretary-of-state-george-p-schultz-dies-at-100\/\" title=\"Ronald Regan\u2019s Former Secretary Of State George P. Schultz Dies At 100\">nuclear arms race<\/a> among\u200c Islamic nations. The administration aims\u200b to revive a deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia.\u2063 Saudi Arabia seeks a U.S.-Saudi defense pact and \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-waives-sanctions-on-iran-as-nuclear-deal-deadline-looms\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Waives Sanctions On Iran As Nuclear Deal Deadline Looms\">civilian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pm-netanyahu-israel-will-not-allow-iran-to-obtain-a-nuclear-weapon\/\" title=\"PM Netanyahu: Israel will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon\">nuclear program<\/a><\/a>.\u2064 Israel opposes granting Palestinians a state fearing it may harbor terrorists. Saudi Crown Prince\u200b emphasizes the importance of\u200b a nuclear program in\u200d response to Iran&#8217;s actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Experts are warning that President Joe Biden\u2019s latest plan for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/middle-east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle East<\/a> could spark a nuclear arms race in the region among Islamic nations.<\/p>\n<p>The details were contained in a New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/17\/us\/politics\/israel-saudi-arabia-gaza.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> about the administration\u2019s attempts to revive a deal that would normalize ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia, which collapsed after Hamas\u2019 October 7 terrorist attack.<\/p>\n<p>The administration wants Israel to reward the Palestinian people for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-arabia-blames-israel-for-unprecedented-hamas-terror-attack\/\" title=\"Saudi Arabia accuses Israel of being responsible for an unprecedented terrorist attack carried out by Hamas.\">unprecedented terrorist attack<\/a> from Hamas, a terrorist group that they elected to run Gaza, by agreeing to give them their own official state.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia has informed the Biden administration that it wants a U.S.-Saudi mutual defense pact, which would counter the threat it faces from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and it wants \u201ccooperation on a civilian nuclear program with uranium enrichment in the kingdom, the sale of advanced American-made weapons and, potentially, a trade deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israel is opposed to the deal because its government and people overwhelmingly oppose giving Palestinians their own state as experts warn that it will turn into a haven for Islamic terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, also known as MBS, has indicated that a nuclear program for the country is his most important priority and that if Iran develops nuclear weapons then his country will, too.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Stricker, Deputy Director &#038; Research Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies\u2019 Nonproliferation &#038; Biodefense Program, said that the deal \u201cguarantees a regional nuclear arms race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden administration is playing with fire if they open a door to or assist the Saudis with uranium enrichment,\u201d she told The Daily Wire in a statement. \u201cThis would upend decades of American policy to prevent the spread of the means to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-defense-priorities-following-ukraine-war\/\" title=\"American Defense Priorities After Ukraine War\">make nuclear weapons<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress must immediately pass a law making bilateral nuclear cooperation contingent on Riyadh ruling out enrichment and plutonium reprocessing and signing an enhanced IAEA inspection agreement, the Additional Protocol,\u201d she added. \u201cOtherwise, Biden and Sullivan will have left not Middle East peace as a legacy, but a new trigger for nuclear arms-racing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebeccah Heinrichs, senior fellow at Hudson Institute and the director of its Keystone Defense Initiative, slammed the Biden administration\u2019s \u201cmismanagement\u201d of America\u2019s relationship with Saudi Arabia, calling it \u201cone of the biggest fumbles of the Biden\u2019s foreign policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. and [Kingdom of Saudi Arabia] KSA have shared interests in countering Iran\u2019s goal of Middle East hegemony and destroying Iranian terrorist proxies,\u201d she said. \u201cBut KSA will inch closer to a nuclear weapon to the extent the U.S. permits Iran\u2019s power to grow while restricting Gulf partners and allies in their effort to counter it. It\u2019s in the interest of the U.S. to uphold nonproliferation goals but in its focus on resurrecting the Iran nuclear deal, team Biden may be courting disaster by initiating the groundwork for a Saudi one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts caution that President Joe Biden\u2019s recent Middle East strategy may trigger a nuclear arms race among Islamic countries. 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