Bibi must move early on Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine plan

Binyamin Netanyahu’s time for confirmation as Israel’s next Prime Minister runs out on 21 December after six weeks of the tail wagging the dog - parties with few Knesset members using their small but strategic numbers to try to extract rightist concessions from Netanyahu for their support - that Netanyahu has been resisting and, at the same time, accommodating.

Faced with this looming reality – Netanyahu has been forced to move early on his election promise made to Israeli voters on 22 October:

“I think the big prize is peace with Saudi Arabia, which I intend to achieve if I go back into office… The rise of Israeli power facilitated the Abraham Accords, and the continual nurturing of Israeli power will also nurture a broader peace with Saudi Arabia and nearly all of the rest of the Arab world. I intend to bring the Arab-Israeli conflict to a close.”

In an extraordinary 52 minute interview on Saudi Government-controlled Al Arabiya TV on 15 December – Netanyahu pointed out for the benefit of those Israeli political party leaders who are his main stumbling blocks to becoming Prime Minister - the opportunity Israel would miss to end the 100 years-old Arab-Jewish conflict - if Netanyahu is not Israel’s next Prime Minister. READ MORE