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Why it's time for Saudi Arabia to take the lead on Israeli-Palestinian peace process

While Israel and Saudi Arabia share common interests, these can only be expressed if the Saudis take a leading role in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process toward a statehood based on their 2002 initiative, with the United States, Egypt and the Arab League engaging as well.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims that, as a result of the Iran deal, a new front of common interests will be established between Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan. He uses this argument as part of his public relations campaign for the defeat of the Iran agreement in the US Congress.

In reality, however, Netanyahu has done very little to bring about such a common front. He probably knows that an alliance of interests between Israel and the pragmatic Sunni Arab states demands dealing with the two-state solution. This is something the prime minister wishes to avoid, almost at any price.

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