ALBAWABA - Hardline Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed his Mideast peace vision, saying he will make peace with his Arab neighbors first, then return to stalled negotiations with the Palestinians on a final peace deal.
Tune in to see PM @netanyahu on @TheLeadCNN with @jaketapper tonight: “If we make peace with Saudi Arabia and effectively bring the Arab-Israeli conflict to an end, we will then achieve a working peace with the Palestinians.” pic.twitter.com/9TPmjoE1Dr
— Itay Milner (@ItayMilner) January 31, 2023
Netanyahu told CNN in an interview that Israel will first work on normalization of ties with the Arab nations along the lines of the Abraham accords, which set the stage for establishing diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco late in 2020, under U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, and then turn to making peace with the Palestinians.
Exclusive: Netanyahu says don’t get ‘hung up’ on peace with Palestinians first | CNN https://t.co/2VMvknTreH
— Arie Skaga (@arie_skaga) February 1, 2023
“When effectively the Arab-Israeli conflict (comes) to an end, I think we’ll circle back to the Palestinians and get a workable peace with the Palestinians,” he told CNN.
@jaketapper had racist and white supremacists, @IsraeliPM @netanyahu on @CNN .
He never he asked Netanyahu whether Palestinians had a right to exist.
Now @ADL racist and white supremacist in chief Jonathan Greenblatt on CNN propagating how antisemitism tropes are on the rise.— The Noum (@NoumThe) February 1, 2023
Many are saying Netanyahu is taking a new approach to peacemaking, targeting Saudi Arabia as the first peace contender, although the kingdom asserted it will not normalize ties with Israel until it brokers a peace deal with the Palestinians.
The Palestinians have pleaded to Arab nations to hold off on bilateral peace accords with Israel, anxious that they may be left out if Tel Aviv brokered agreements with the other Arabs.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said people can get 'hung up' on peace negotiations with the Palestinians. He said he has opted for a different approach in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday. He pointed to the success of the Trump-era Abraham Accords that pic.twitter.com/2Lx1yL2G4s
— DigiDeals (@DigiDeals_tech) February 1, 2023
Netanyahu took the reigns in late December through a hodge-podge government of right-wing extremists, which vowed to expand Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian lands in the West Bank.
I just saw the cnn interview on cnn. Jake tapper did a decent job but there is never a Palestinian perspective. Of course the narrative is always that the pals are terrorists!! Netanyahu actually called Palestinians spoiled and pampered. Crazy
— eugenios (@valsman2) February 1, 2023
Netanyahu said when he gets back to the Palestinians, he would offer them what is tantamount to autonomy. "Well, I’m certainly willing to have them have all the powers that they need to govern themselves. But none of the powers that could threaten (us) and this means that Israel should have the overriding security responsibility," he explained.
