{"id":2041486,"date":"2023-09-22T13:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T17:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-israel-and-saudi-arabia-on-cusp-of-region-changing-peace-netanyahu-says\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T13:48:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T17:48:35","slug":"watch-israel-and-saudi-arabia-on-cusp-of-region-changing-peace-netanyahu-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-israel-and-saudi-arabia-on-cusp-of-region-changing-peace-netanyahu-says\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Netanyahu predicts groundbreaking peace between Israel and 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\">20<\/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%2Fwatch-israel-and-saudi-arabia-on-cusp-of-region-changing-peace-netanyahu-says%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=2041486&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>Netanyahu: Israel on the Verge of Peace with Saudi Arabia<\/h2>\n<p>Israeli\u2062 prime minister Benjamin \u200bNetanyahu expressed his belief that his country is on\u200d the <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">cusp<\/span> of achieving peace with \u2064Saudi Arabia. He predicts that President Joe Biden could play \u2062a crucial role in clinching this historic deal, which has the potential to reshape the Middle \u200bEast.<\/p>\n<h3>Excluding Palestinians from the Diplomacy<\/h3>\n<p>Despite pressure from Riyadh and\u2064 Washington\u200d to involve the\u200c Palestinians in the\u2064 peace negotiations, Netanyahu firmly\u200c stated during\u200b his\u200c address to the United Nations\u2063 General Assembly in New York\u2063 that the \u2062Palestinians should not have the power to\u2064 veto regional agreements.<\/p>\n<p>Anticipation for the normalization of relations \u200bbetween Israel and Saudi Arabia\u2064 has intensified recently. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman declared \u2063that a deal \u2064was drawing closer\u2062 each day, \u2064and Netanyahu \u2064finally had a long-awaited meeting with President \u2063Biden to discuss the\u200b prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu referred\u200d to the 2020 normalization accords \u200cbetween \u200dIsrael and \u200dthe United Arab Emirates \u200band Bahrain,\u2063 known\u200d as \u2063the Abraham \u2063Accords, as a precursor to \u2063this \u2062potential breakthrough. These accords, sponsored by \u2064former \u200bPresident Donald Trump, marked the beginning of a new era of peace.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no \u2063question: \u200dThe Abraham Accords heralded the dawn of \u200ba \u200dnew age of peace,&#8221; Netanyahu \u200baffirmed. &#8220;I believe\u200c we&#8217;re on \u200dthe <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">cusp<\/span> of a \u2063more dramatic breakthrough: a\u200d historic peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, achieving\u2062 such a deal would \u2063require significant support from U.S. lawmakers, which may prove challenging with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rand-paul-offers-dr-rachel-levine-as-example-of-radical-agenda-riding-bidens-coattails\/\" title=\"Sen. Rand Paul Offers Dr. Rachel Levine As Example Of Radical Agenda Riding Biden\u2019s Coattails\">upcoming presidential election<\/a> in \u20622024.<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging Trump&#8217;s role in the previous agreement, \u200bNetanyahu expressed his \u2064hope that the current administration, led by President Biden,\u2062 would be able to finalize this\u2063 momentous peace deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe we can achieve peace with Saudi Arabia under the leadership \u200cof President Biden,&#8221; he\u2062 stated.<\/p>\n<p>Although Netanyahu expressed willingness to seek \u2062some \u200daccommodation with the Palestinians, whose\u200b aspirations for statehood \u200care\u2062 rejected\u2062 by \u200bhis government, he emphasized that the Palestinians should not hold veto \u2062power over new peace treaties \u200bwith Arab states.<\/p>\n<p>On the other \u2062hand, Palestinian \u200dpresident \u2064Mahmoud Abbas, speaking \u200cat\u200b the same \u2064forum \u2062on Thursday, asserted,\u200b &#8220;Whoever\u2062 thinks peace \u200bin the Middle East is \u2062possible before our people \u200dachieve \u2062their\u2063 full\u2063 rights is delusional.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu, who has\u2063 frequently used the U.N. platform to \u200ccaution against Iran, described the\u200b country as the\u200b &#8220;fly in the\u2062 ointment&#8221; that would attempt\u2062 to sabotage a peace agreement with \u2062Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>However, he highlighted that normalization efforts were already underway, citing the three-year-old air \u200bcorridor \u200cfor\u2064 Israeli \u2064carriers over Saudi territory and a recent ambitious plan\u2062 announced by President\u200c Biden to establish a rail and shipping network connecting India \u2063to the Mediterranean Sea, with both Israel and \u2064Saudi Arabia as participants.<\/p>\n<p>To illustrate this, Netanyahu drew a red line across a regional\u200d map, reminiscent of\u2062 his 2012 U.N. speech where he used a marker to\u2064 outline \u2062a\u2063 proposed &#8220;red line&#8221;\u200b for Iran&#8217;s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, I bring this marker to\u200b demonstrate \u200da great blessing,&#8221;\u200b he declared, referring to\u200b the normalization \u2062with Saudi Arabia as &#8220;an extraordinary change, a monumental change,\u2063 another \u200bpivot of history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Dan Williams and James\u2063 Mackenzie \u2064in Jerusalem; editing by Howard Goller)<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the \u2063significant challenges that need to be \u2063addressed in order \u2063to achieve a \u2062lasting peace agreement \u2063between\u2063 Israel and Saudi Arabia, considering \u2062issues\u200d such as the status of Jerusalem and \u200cthe \u200cfuture \u2063of\u200c Palestinian refugees<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200d Challenging\u2062 given the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backlash-against-disney-grows-after-liberal-actor-in-show-with-gina-carano-made-similar-posts-still-has-job\/\" title=\"Backlash Against Disney Grows After Liberal Actor In Show With Gina Carano Made Similar Posts, Still Has Job\">current political climate<\/a> in Washington. Additionally, the exclusion of the Palestinians from the peace negotiations raises concerns about the potential\u2063 impact on \u2063their aspirations \u2063for statehood and the \u2064overall stability of the region.<\/p>\n<h3>The Role of\u2062 President Joe\u2063 Biden<\/h3>\n<p>Netanyahu\u2063 expressed his optimism \u200cabout President Joe Biden&#8217;s involvement in the peace process, stating that Biden has \u200ca unique opportunity to contribute to this historic breakthrough. \u200cThe Israeli prime minister\u200d believes that Biden&#8217;s diplomatic approach \u2063and commitment to regional stability could\u200b pave the \u200bway for closer ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is worth noting that Biden has emphasized\u200c the importance\u2064 of\u2064 Palestinian inclusion \u200bin\u200b any peace negotiations. He\u200b has expressed\u200b his commitment \u2062to a two-state\u2063 solution \u200band the rights of \u200bthe Palestinian people. \u2064This stance may pose\u2062 a challenge to\u200d Netanyahu&#8217;s vision of excluding the Palestinians from the\u200c peace \u2064talks.<\/p>\n<h3>The Significance of a Peace Deal with Saudi Arabia<\/h3>\n<p>A \u2062peace \u200bagreement between \u200bIsrael and Saudi Arabia would have far-reaching implications for the Middle\u2062 East\u2063 and the wider world. It would\u2063 not only solidify Israel&#8217;s\u200b position as an accepted \u200bmember of the region but also mark\u200d a significant\u2064 shift in Saudi Arabia&#8217;s approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia\u2062 has long \u2064been seen\u2063 as a key player in the Arab world&#8217;s stance\u200b on \u2062Israel,\u2064 with \u200dthe Arab Peace Initiative offering normalization \u200bwith Israel\u200b in exchange for the establishment of a Palestinian state. A\u200c breakthrough\u2062 in Israeli-Saudi relations could \u200bpotentially reshape\u2063 the dynamics\u2063 of the \u2062entire region and \u2062encourage\u200c other Arab countries to follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, a peace deal with Saudi Arabia\u200b could enhance\u200d regional security and cooperation,\u2064 particularly in countering common threats such as Iran. Israel\u200c and Saudi Arabia share concerns about Iran&#8217;s regional ambitions\u2063 and its support for \u200bproxy groups in the Middle \u200cEast. Cooperation\u200b between the two countries would strengthen their ability to confront these \u200dchallenges effectively.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenges Ahead<\/h3>\n<p>While Netanyahu&#8217;s\u2064 optimism about the prospects of a peace deal with Saudi \u200dArabia is\u200b commendable, there\u200d are significant challenges that need to be addressed. \u200dThe exclusion of the Palestinians from the \u2062peace negotiations raises concerns \u200babout\u200b the long-term viability and sustainability of any agreement reached without their involvement.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there are\u200b still\u200d unresolved issues between Israel\u200d and Saudi\u2062 Arabia, such as the \u200dstatus of\u2064 Jerusalem\u200b and the future of Palestinian refugees. \u2062These\u2064 issues have been central to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and would\u2062 need to be addressed in any comprehensive peace agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, domestic \u200dpolitical \u200dconsiderations in both Israel and \u2064Saudi Arabia\u2062 may also\u200c hinder \u2062the progress towards a peace deal. In\u2063 Israel, Netanyahu faces political \u2062challenges and a fragile coalition government, which may\u200c impact his ability\u200c to push through \u200dsignificant\u200c diplomatic\u200c initiatives. \u200bSimilarly,\u200b Crown Prince Mohammed \u200bbin Salman&#8217;s political ambitions and the succession dynamics within the Saudi royal family could\u200c present obstacles to a rapid normalization\u2062 of ties with Israel.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>While the idea of Israel and Saudi Arabia \u2063achieving\u200d a historic peace agreement is \u200dtantalizing, significant challenges\u200c exist\u200d that must be overcome. \u2062The exclusion of\u200c the Palestinians\u2062 from \u200cthe peace\u200d negotiations raises\u2064 concerns about the long-term stability of the region, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-nominee-to-key-latin-american-diplomatic-body-loved-obamas-cuba-policies\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Nominee To Key Latin American Diplomatic Body Loved Obama\u2019s Cuba Policies\">domestic political considerations<\/a> and \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-israel-and-saudi-arabia-on-cusp-of-region-changing-peace-netanyahu-says\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Netanyahu predicts groundbreaking peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia\">unresolved issues pose additional obstacles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s role in this process and his \u2063commitment \u200bto Palestinian inclusion \u2064will be crucial\u200c in\u200d shaping the \u2063future of Israeli-Saudi relations.\u200d It remains to be seen whether the current diplomatic momentum can translate into a lasting peace that truly\u2063 reshapes the Middle East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu expressed optimism about achieving peace with Saudi Arabia, suggesting that President Joe Biden could play a pivotal role in reshaping the Middle East. However, despite calls from Riyadh and Washington to involve the Palestinians in the diplomatic process, Netanyahu did not mention them during his speech at the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2041487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2041486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2041486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2041487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2041486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2041486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2041486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}