Earlier this week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel for meetings with Israel’s leaders and a summit with the foreign ministers of Israel and four Arab states. For public consumption, the purpose of the summit was to show a united front against common enemies, foremost among them Iran. But beneath the surface, Secretary Blinken came to reassure Israel and its other allies in the region of American support. Israel and the Arab countries made the point that concessions to Iran like the nuclear deal on the table are counterproductive. Israel’s foreign minister, Yair Lapid, said it best: The way to stop our common enemies “is not hesitation and being conciliatory; rather it is determination and strength.”