Netanyahu Pledges to Establish ‘Full Peace Agreements’ With Saudi Arabia

YERUSHALAYIM

Saudi special forces salute in front of a screen displaying images Saudi King Salman, right, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after a military parade, in the Muslim city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 3. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Former prime minister and Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu pledged on Monday to establish “full peace agreements” with Saudi Arabia should he be elected prime minister again.

“If I am once again elected by you to lead the State of Israel, I intend to sign a comprehensive peace treaty with Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations,” he said, adding that doing so “will bring us closer to the end of the Arab-Israeli conflict.”

Netanyahu said the Abraham Accords, signed during his term, “truly brought about a new Middle East.”

He also thanked Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “for his contribution to the four peace agreements we had forged.”

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are very closely tied and generally, the UAE doesn’t pursue significant diplomatic initiatives on the international stage without prior coordination with Saudi Arabia. Hence, even prior to Netanyahu’s remarks Monday, the working assumption was that the Abraham Accords were only finalized after Riyadh had already given the “green light.”

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