Netanyahu speech was devoted mostly to the Iran nuclear deal, and it's good that he is continuing to pound away at that
theme -- enforcing meaningful inspection is especially important, even if the
agreement cannot be stopped for now.
What I think is really interesting and important, however, is something to which he devoted only a couple of sentences, i.e., that Israel is working with its Arab peace partners (Egypt, Jordan) and others in the region, perhaps a reference to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, based on their common interest to oppose Shiite and Islamic State extremism.
This is a direct continuation of Netanyahu's vision (and hard work) for a rapprochement with more Arab states, and which el-Sissi also mentioned recently. This is what we should watch in the future.
What I think is really interesting and important, however, is something to which he devoted only a couple of sentences, i.e., that Israel is working with its Arab peace partners (Egypt, Jordan) and others in the region, perhaps a reference to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, based on their common interest to oppose Shiite and Islamic State extremism.
This is a direct continuation of Netanyahu's vision (and hard work) for a rapprochement with more Arab states, and which el-Sissi also mentioned recently. This is what we should watch in the future.
Finally, I took a look at an Israeli site to see what kind of talkbacks the speech generated. I noted that the anyone-but-Bibi crowd is out in force. Too bad these people don't talk content rather than clever negativism and cynicism.
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