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Wed 31 Jan 2024 7:07 am - Jerusalem Time

Axios: Netanyahu's advisor in Washington... The day after the war includes normalization with Saudi Arabia

Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, intends to visit Washington, tomorrow, Wednesday, and meet with White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and other senior officials in the Biden administration.


The American website "Axios" reported, citing two informed sources, that Dermer's visit aims to hold talks about the "war" on Gaza, and "Israel's" plans for the next day after the end of the fighting.

But the site also revealed that “the Biden administration’s post-war strategy is likely to be part of Dermer’s discussions in the White House,” noting that “the Biden administration hopes to use a potential historic peace agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia as a means of pressure to convince Israel of its plan for Gaza after the war.”


Under the American strategy, “Netanyahu will ultimately have to decide what kind of political blow he will receive domestically, in order to obtain a historic normalization agreement,” according to the American website.


"Axios" stated that "Dermer is the closest and most trusted confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and that he has a key insight into Netanyahu's thinking, including the post-war US strategy to link possible normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia to establishing a path to establishing a Palestinian state." ".


He stated, "Before the October 7 attack, Dermer was responsible for Israel's role in the talks that the Biden administration tried to reach with Riyadh with the aim of normalizing relations."


This comes in conjunction with US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, intending to visit the occupied Palestinian territories next Saturday, his sixth visit since October 7, “in order to discuss the situation in Gaza and the day following the war.”

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Axios: Netanyahu's advisor in Washington... The day after the war includes normalization with Saudi Arabia

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