Khaberni - Dr. Kobi Borda, a researcher in American political history and geostrategy at the Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) in "Israel," stated that American President Donald Trump has "ambitions related to the Conquest of Khaybar."
Borda believes, in an article published by "Yedioth Ahronoth," that Trump “aims to create a major regional moment where he presents himself as a peacemaker who reunites the Children of Abraham on a single path after thousands of years," continuing: "Trump, who is seeking electoral gains in the upcoming midterm elections, and is attempting to regain the limelight of the Nobel Peace Prize that he did not win this year, presents himself as the only man capable of forging a historic agreement that reorders the Middle East."
The Israeli researcher adds that "against this backdrop of ambition, Trump invokes historical symbolism dating back to the Conquest of Khaybar in 630 AD, which ended the Jewish presence in the Arabian Peninsula, to present himself today as someone who closes the circle and reintegrates Israel and the Islamic world within a single regional framework, ending with a signing photo at the White House, where Trump believes the image is more important than the agreement itself."
Borda continues: "However, this vision poses a severe political dilemma for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Trump wants an accomplishment before the end of 2026, and sees Israel as part of a new global structure he is working on building up to 2027, but under clear terms. One of the most prominent of these terms is an Israeli move towards a Palestinian state, or at least a political process marketed to the world in this manner. This step could mean dismantling the ruling coalition, pushing towards early elections, and deep internal transformations."
For "Borda," Netanyahu realizes that this moment may grant him a spot to sign an agreement that overturns regional equations, but he also knows that the internal political cost will be severe. Thus, Israel stands today at a political fault line: either Netanyahu pays the price and leads Israel towards integration into the new regional project that Trump is designing, or another government in a later stage becomes the signatory, while Israel remains part of this global structure but from a position of lesser influence."
Dr. Kobi Borda's discussion in the article highlights the escalating cooperation between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which "has taken on a strategic dimension that goes beyond traditional agreements on defense, energy, and arms," according to his statement.
He believes that "beyond all the noise about the defense alliance and the civilian nuclear program and the F-35 deal, lies the real story: an alliance based on artificial intelligence as a hub for reshaping international relations."
According to him, "Trump, who is working on a project that extends until the year 2027, a decisive global turning year in the artificial intelligence race, is striving to build a supply chain independent of China that starts from mining and ends with extreme energy required by data centers. In this context, Saudi Arabia appears as an indispensable partner, with its capacity to bridge huge energy gaps, and a clear desire from Mohammed bin Salman to transform the Kingdom into a major power in artificial intelligence, not merely a traditional source of oil and gas."
Borda saw that "this American-Saudi alliance is redrawing the strategic map of the region, especially since Mohammed bin Salman's vision aligns with Trump's goal of establishing an economic-technological corridor that competes with China, extending from India to Europe via the Middle East. At the heart of this new engineering, Israel's importance emerges, despite its official absence from the agreement, thanks to its technological infrastructure, security capabilities, and geographical location that transforms it into a bridge connecting the emerging corridor with the Mediterranean. Thus, Trump-bin Salman’s plan becomes not just a political deal but a project to reshape the technological, energy, and communication infrastructure of the world, with Israel entering as an indispensable stabilizing link in the new equation," according to his statement.
