From Military.com:
“US Shifts
Responsibility for Israel from European Command to Central Command”
With a nod to
Israel's increasingly normalized relations with the Arab world, the Pentagon is
reorganizing its global command structure to include the Jewish state in the
military sphere managed by the head of U.S. Central Command. The shift, from
U.S. European Command to the command that overseas U.S. military relations and
operations across the Middle East, was announced Friday. The Wall Street
Journal, which was first to report the change, said it was ordered by President
Donald Trump. It does not portend changes in the basing of U.S. forces in the
Middle East or Europe.
Israel for
decades had been in the sphere of European Command because of the hostile
nature of its relations with many Arab countries, a condition that was viewed
as making it difficult for Central Command to do business with both Israel and
the Arab world. Central Command's area of responsibility stretches across the
Middle East to Central Asia, including the Persian Gulf region as well as
Afghanistan and Pakistan.
In its
announcement, the Pentagon said the change to what it calls its Unified Command
Plan reflects the easing of tensions between Israel and some Arab countries. It
said the Abraham Accords of last year, which have normalized Israel's relation
with Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Sudan, “provided a
strategic opportunity” for the United States to “align key partners against
shared threats in the Middle East" — an apparent reference to creating a
more united front against Iran. “Israel is a leading strategic partner for the
United States, and this will open up additional opportunities for cooperation
with our U.S. Central Command partners while maintaining strong cooperation
between Israel and our European allies,” the Pentagon said.
^ This shows
the change in the Middle East is real and stable. ^
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