Now's Not the Time for Normalization with Saudi Arabia

Jun 05, 2023 04:12 pm
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Haaretz – Adapted
How will the continuation of Benjamin Netanyahu's term without normalization with Saudi Arabia look? His decline in the polls after the attempted systemic coup is ongoing, and he needs a success that transforms Israel's political climate and public discourse in order to win elections once more. 

In the twenty-year-long strategic conflict that Netanyahu has fought with Israel, Iran will continue to prevail. Netanyahu is accused of transforming Iran into a nuclear and regional superpower, an ally of Russia and China, and a conversation partner with Saudi Arabia. It was Netanyahu who convinced Donald Trump to end the nuclear accord.

Netanyahu is the bi-national state's architect as well as the Iranian corn's engineer. In order to prepare for annexation, he degraded the Palestinian Authority and intensified the occupation and apartheid for twenty years ago.

If there is no peace with Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu's mandate will result in the breakdown of Israeli society, more excessive fighting in Gaza, more unauthorized outposts and settlements, a heightened level of discontent with the US government, and treatment by the White House as an abusive individual.

All that will alter if there is peace with Saudi Arabia. This will be a superb political accomplishment. Saudi Arabia is the dominant nation in the Arab world; it is not a weak nation like Bahrain. The Saudi Arabian government will benefit greatly from this peace if its pleas to the Americans are granted. Netanyahu shares Saudi Arabia's keen interest but is unable to accede to its demands, which include a settlement freeze, a two-state commitment, and the advancement of talks with the Palestinians.

According to the writer, peace with Saudi Arabia now is not the right thing to do because it will allow Netanyahu to continue establishing the bilateral state of Apartheid. He will be welcomed to the White House, the mainstream media will laud this normalization, and it will increase in polls. Netanyahu should be as ineffective as possible. 

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