Trump’s new Versailles: The Iran deal built on dangerous illusions

 https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/bk3eoruffg

In 1919, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, an agreement was signed that was meant to seal the horrors of war. In practice, it planted the seeds of disaster that helped lead to World War II.

More than a century later, U.S. President Donald Trump, seemingly without any deep historical awareness, dares to sign an agreement in the same symbolic space with a vengeful regime of ayatollahs.

Then as now, behind the ink, or more precisely behind the digital signature, lie gaps, illusions and political pressures that could make the memorandum of understanding dangerously fragile. It may be signed with a click, but it could accelerate negative regional trends and transformations ignited by the war in the Gulf.

A capricious decision-making process driven by personal and political considerations, failed management and the absence of balance between the military tool and the diplomatic component have eroded Israel’s standing in the United States and distanced us from a position of influence on the most fateful issue for our existence.