After the War: The U.S. Plan for Israel and the Middle East

The U.S. administration is working to develop a plan to advance initiatives in the Middle East, Axios reported on Saturday. The plan will be presented after the elections in Israel and after the U.S. midterm elections, which will take place in November.

According to the report, the plan is intended "to outline the U.S. strategy in the Middle East after the war with Iran, and will guide the administration during the final two years of Trump’s term."

Among other things, it includes creating a regional framework to contain Iran and expanding the normalization process between Israel and additional countries. It will also address "resolving the situation" in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza.

An Israeli official told Axios that "there is thinking within the U.S. administration about a regional plan that integrates weakening Iran, expanding the circle of normalization, and regional stability. This is a plan for the day after the elections in Israel."

According to the official, the plan’s main components are creating a regional framework to contain Iran, based on U.S. allies in the region; implementing the next phase of Trump’s Gaza plan; reaching a security agreement between Israel and Syria and implementing the agreement between Israel and Lebanon; expanding the Abraham Accords; and reaching a normalization agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel.