No fairy godmother:
After his stop in Riyadh, Trump continued to Qatar and the UAE, notably skipping over Israel — a move that raised concern in Jerusalem over potential shifts in regional priorities and the optics of Israel being sidelined during a major US diplomatic tour.

This week there was a party in the Middle East — a grand ball full of colorful costumes, money and gold changing hands — and we found ourselves playing the role of Cinderella before the transformation,” columnist Sima Kadmon wrote in Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth daily.

“The fairy godmother we thought we had, flew off to Saudi Arabia and Qatar.”

The Trump administration has made several moves lately that have left some wondering whether Washington is still committed to taking Israel’s position into account in cases where it is not required by law.

These include nuclear talks with Iran, a ceasefire with Yemen’s Houthi rebels that allows them to continue firing ballistic missiles at the Jewish state and a deal with Hamas to free Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander that bypassed Jerusalem.

The agreement to arm the Saudis at record numbers comes amid growing frustration from Trump over Israel’s prolonged war in Gaza — a conflict he reportedly sees as complicating his efforts to broker a landmark regional deal.

Trump has made no secret of his ambition to secure Saudi-Israeli normalization as a cornerstone achievement of his second term.
But Riyadh has made it clear that any such agreement is contingent on a ceasefire in Gaza and tangible progress toward Palestinian statehood.