{"id":2039830,"date":"2023-09-21T09:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-backs-bidens-push-for-historic-peace-deal-with-saudi-arabia\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T09:51:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:51:24","slug":"netanyahu-backs-bidens-push-for-historic-peace-deal-with-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-backs-bidens-push-for-historic-peace-deal-with-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu supports Biden&#8217;s push for a groundbreaking peace agreement with Saudi Arabia."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetanyahu-backs-bidens-push-for-historic-peace-deal-with-saudi-arabia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2039830&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Pledge to Forge Diplomatic\u200b Relations Between Israel and Saudi Arabia<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>President Joe\u200d Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span> pledged on Wednesday to work together toward a landmark agreement to forge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">diplomatic relations<\/a> between Israel and Saudi \u200bArabia.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meeting \u200dfor the first time since <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span> returned \u2064to power \u2062in\u200d December, both leaders signaled a desire to ease strains in their relationship,\u200d but Biden also made clear he was \u2064determined to\u2064 discuss their differences.<\/p>\n<p>These\u200b included Biden&#8217;s opposition\u200b to <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span>&#8216;s\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-backs-bidens-push-for-historic-peace-deal-with-saudi-arabia\/\" title=\"Netanyahu supports Biden's push for a groundbreaking peace agreement with Saudi Arabia.\">controversial judicial \u2062overhaul plan<\/a> as well\u2064 as his concern about Israel\u2019s hard line toward the Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope we can get some things settled today,&#8221; Biden\u200c said\u200d at the start\u2062 of \u200dthe talks sitting \u200dside-by-side with <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span> in a New \u200cYork \u2063hotel ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>A White \u2064House statement\u200d issued after the meeting said Biden\u2063 &#8220;reiterated \u2063his concern about\u2062 any fundamental changes to Israel\u2019s democratic system, absent the broadest possible consensus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden also called \u200dfor &#8220;immediate measures to improve the security and\u2063 economic situation, \u200cmaintain the viability of a\u200b two-state solution, and promote \u2063a just and lasting\u200c peace between Israelis and \u2064Palestinians,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of \u2063a meeting at the White House, the more prestigious \u2064venue preferred\u2064 by <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span>, the two leaders ended up arranging\u200b their\u2064 talks \u200cwhile both\u2064 attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-asks-to-address-world-leaders-at-un\/\" title=\"Taliban Asks To Address World Leaders at UN\">annual high-level<\/a> U.N. General Assembly. Biden invited\u2062 <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span> to\u2062 visit Washington before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Biden reiterated \u2064his \u2062commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a\u200d nuclear weapon \u200dand also repeated\u200d his support for a two-state solution to \u200cthe Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>But the biggest \u2062issue on the\u200b agenda was a U.S.-led push\u200d to \u2062forge diplomatic relations \u2064between longtime foes Israel and\u200c Saudi Arabia, the centerpiece of broader complex negotiations\u200d that involve U.S. security guarantees and civilian nuclear help\u2062 sought\u200d by\u2064 Riyadh as well\u200c as Israeli concessions to the Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that \u2063under your \u2063leadership,\u200b Mr. President, we can forge a \u2064historic peace between Israel and\u2062 Saudi Arabia,&#8221; <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span> \u2064 said. He \u2062said &#8220;such a peace would go\u2064 a long way first to advance\u2062 the end \u2062of the Arab-Israeli conflict, achieve reconciliation between the Islamic world and the Jewish \u200dstate and advance a \u2063genuine peace between Israel \u200cand\u2063 the Palestinians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span> said they could work together to make history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Together,&#8221; Biden \u2063repeated, signaling his commitment to the normalization effort, which he said would \u200bhave been unthinkable years \u2062ago.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2062senior\u2064 Biden administration official told reporters after the meeting that it was \u2063understood that some \u2062concessions to the Palestinians must be \u200dpart of any deal but did not say what those might be.<\/p>\n<p>The official said \u200ca normalization deal\u2064 is still a long way away and that all\u200d the leaders involved\u2062 will have \u200cto do &#8220;some very \u200dhard things&#8221; to reach agreement. \u200c&#8221;There&#8217;s some way to travel before we \u200dget there,&#8221; the official.<\/p>\n<p>Biden \u200dand <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span> spent some time meeting one-on-one\u2062 without advisers, the official added.<\/p>\n<h3>White House\u200b Snub<\/h3>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span> had expected an earlier U.S. visit\u200c given his long \u2063history of \u200ddealing with American \u200dpresidents\u200c and Washington\u2019s close alliance with Israel, but Biden had resisted.<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span> did not\u2063 get a meeting in \u200cthe early months of the Biden White House in 2021 and was then\u2063 ousted \u200bfrom power. He returned to power in \u200bDecember as head of a\u200d coalition\u200c of\u200b religious and ultranationalist parties.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Biden welcomed \u200cIsraeli President Isaac Herzog,\u200c a largely\u200c ceremonial post, to \u2063the White House \u2064in July to mark the 75th anniversary of Israel\u2019s founding.<\/p>\n<p>The talks \u2064with <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span> were seen as an opportunity for Biden to brief him and \u2063try to \u2064discern how far Israel would be willing\u2063 to go in what has been billed as a potential grand bargain that could reshape geopolitics\u200b in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span>&#8216;s government \u200dhas shown little willingness to \u200dmake \u2062major concessions to \u200cthe Palestinians, which could make it hard for Saudi \u2062Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to agree \u200bon normalization.<\/p>\n<p>While U.S.\u200b officials \u200cinsist any breakthrough is\u2063 far \u200caway, they privately tout \u2064the \u2063potential benefits, including removing a possible\u2062 flashpoint in the Arab-Israeli conflict,\u200b strengthening the regional bulwark against Iran, and countering China\u2019s inroads in the Gulf. Biden\u200c would also score a foreign policy \u200bwin as he seeks re-election in November 2024.<\/p>\n<p>David \u200bMakovsky, a\u2064 longtime Middle East watcher at the Washington Institute \u200dfor Near East Policy, noted in a post\u200b on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the \u2063meeting was\u2063 occurring &#8220;265 days after \u200c <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span> took office, the longest such gap \u2063since\u200d 1964.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The \u200dSaudi deal&#8217;s enormous potential has left Biden &#038; <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Netanyahu<\/span> little choice but to meet despite\u200b differences,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting By Steve Holland; additional\u2063 reporting by Matt Spetalnick, Emily Rose, and \u200dSusan\u200d Heavey; writing by Matt Spetalnick and Steve Holland; editing by Howard Goller\u2064 and Grant McCool)<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2064What does \u2064the one-on-one discussion without advisers present during the meeting signify about the importance of diplomatic relations between the United \u200cStates and Israel<\/h2>\n<p><span>  T the White House visit he had hoped for,\u200d which is considered a high honor in\u2064 diplomatic relations. Instead, \u200dthe meeting took place at \u2064a New York hotel ballroom, a less prestigious \u200dvenue. Despite this, both leaders expressed their \u200bcommitment to \u2064working together towards a historic peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden emphasized his concerns about certain policies of Prime Minister Netanyahu, such \u200cas the judicial\u2064 overhaul \u2064plan and Israel&#8217;s approach towards the Palestinians. He called for immediate measures to improve security, the economic situation, and to maintain the viability of a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The central issue on the agenda was the U.S.-led effort to establish diplomatic\u200d relations between\u200c Israel and Saudi Arabia. This initiative\u2062 involves negotiations on U.S. security \u200cguarantees,\u2062 civilian nuclear\u200d help sought by Riyadh, and Israeli concessions\u2063 to\u200b the Palestinians. Prime Minister\u2062 Netanyahu expressed optimism about the possibility \u2063of achieving peace\u200d between\u200c Israel and Saudi Arabia, emphasizing the potential for \u200creconciliation\u2062 between \u2063the \u2064Islamic world and \u200bthe\u2064 Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden reiterated his \u2062commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and supporting a two-state solution for\u2063 the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He \u2064expressed\u200c his willingness\u2064 to work alongside \u2062Prime Minister Netanyahu in the pursuit of \u2063normalization between Israel\u2064 and Saudi\u200d Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was made clear that reaching a normalization\u200b deal will require difficult negotiations, and concessions\u2064 from all parties\u200c involved, including\u2062 the Palestinians. A senior Biden administration \u200dofficial \u2062indicated that some concessions to\u200b the Palestinians must be\u200b part of any deal, although the \u200bspecifics were not mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting between President \u200bBiden and Prime Minister Netanyahu also\u2064 included a one-on-one discussion without advisers present. This personal interaction reflects the importance both leaders place on forging strong\u2062 diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2063 is\u2064 worth noting \u2062that Prime \u200dMinister Netanyahu \u200chad anticipated an earlier visit\u200b to the United States,\u2063 given his long history of dealing with American presidents and the close alliance between the\u2063 two countries. However, President \u2064Biden&#8217;s decision \u2064to hold the \u2062meeting \u2063at\u200d a less prestigious venue may be seen as\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-devastating-blow-to-john-kerrys-green-energy-utopia-china-to-start-increasing-coal-production\/\" title=\"In Devastating Blow To John Kerry\u2019s Green Energy Utopia, China To Start Increasing Coal Production\">diplomatic snub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/falling-upward-zuckerbergs-meta-promotes-ex-uk-deputy-pm-clegg-to-global-role\/\" title=\"Falling Upward: Zuckerberg's 'Meta' Promotes Ex-UK Deputy PM Clegg to Global Role\">pledge made<\/a> by President Biden\u2062 and Prime \u200bMinister Netanyahu to forge diplomatic relations\u2062 between Israel and Saudi \u2064Arabia represents a\u200d significant step towards peace in the region.\u2062 Despite \u200dtheir differences, \u2063both leaders demonstrated a commitment to working together. The \u200djourney towards a normalization agreement will require difficult\u200b negotiations and \u2063concessions, but the potential benefits for \u2063the Arab-Israeli conflict, regional reconciliation, and lasting peace between \u2064Israel and the Palestinians make it a worthwhile endeavor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden and PM Netanyahu aim to establish diplomatic ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia. In their first meeting since Netanyahu&#8217;s return to power, they expressed a willingness to improve their relationship. 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