Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
For years, Israelis have been told to dream about peace and normalization with Saudi Arabia. Imagine Israel, Saudi Arabia and the moderate Sunni states standing together against their common enemy: the Shiite jihadi regime of Iran.
But that dream may be turning into a strategic nightmare.
The Middle East is shifting again. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, a nuclear country, are developing deeper security ties, while the possibility of broader regional arrangements involving Iran has reportedly been discussed. At the same time, Muslim governments, including countries that have relations with Israel, continue finding common ground in publicly condemning Israel.
Israelis need to wake up to a fundamental truth about the Middle East: agreements are valuable, but unreliable long-term. Deterrence is indispensable.
I supported the Abraham Accords, and Israel should pursue agreements with every Arab and Muslim government willing to work with us. But we cannot confuse today's shared interests with permanent alliances, or build Israel's survival upon diplomatic promises, in an Arab Muslim world educated on 1,400+ years of jihad.
Iran was once Israel's strategic partner. Turkey once enjoyed close military relations with Israel. Today, both are our biggest enemies. Alliances change. Interests change. As Middle East expert Dr. Mordechai Kedar once told me: agreements in the Middle East are like โsand in the wind.โ
This is also why total victory matters.
Israel has achieved extraordinary military successes against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. But decisive victory means creating a strategic reality in which every government in the region understands that attacking Israel carries an unbearable price, and that Israel is the strongest, most dependable power in the neighborhood.
That is real deterrence.
Make agreements. Celebrate normalization. Expand the Abraham Accords. But Israel must never surrender strategic territory, sacrifice defensible borders or entrust Jewish survival to international guarantees in exchange for promises of peace.
The Jewish people returned home after 2,000 years to determine our own destiny.
Strength creates deterrence. Deterrence prevents war. And a grounded, proud Jewish nation with strength, unapologetic about being back in our ancestral homeland, ultimately creates the conditions for real peace.
Am Yisrael Chai!
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For years, Israelis have been told to dream about peace and normalization with Saudi Arabia. Imagine Israel, Saudi Arabia and the moderate Sunni states standing together against their common enemy: the Shiite jihadi regime of Iran.
But that dream may be turning into a strategic nightmare.
The Middle East is shifting again. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, a nuclear country, are developing deeper security ties, while the possibility of broader regional arrangements involving Iran has reportedly been discussed. At the same time, Muslim governments, including countries that have relations with Israel, continue finding common ground in publicly condemning Israel.
Israelis need to wake up to a fundamental truth about the Middle East: agreements are valuable, but unreliable long-term. Deterrence is indispensable.
I supported the Abraham Accords, and Israel should pursue agreements with every Arab and Muslim government willing to work with us. But we cannot confuse today's shared interests with permanent alliances, or build Israel's survival upon diplomatic promises, in an Arab Muslim world educated on 1,400+ years of jihad.
Iran was once Israel's strategic partner. Turkey once enjoyed close military relations with Israel. Today, both are our biggest enemies. Alliances change. Interests change. As Middle East expert Dr. Mordechai Kedar once told me: agreements in the Middle East are like โsand in the wind.โ
This is also why total victory matters.
Israel has achieved extraordinary military successes against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. But decisive victory means creating a strategic reality in which every government in the region understands that attacking Israel carries an unbearable price, and that Israel is the strongest, most dependable power in the neighborhood.
That is real deterrence.
Make agreements. Celebrate normalization. Expand the Abraham Accords. But Israel must never surrender strategic territory, sacrifice defensible borders or entrust Jewish survival to international guarantees in exchange for promises of peace.
The Jewish people returned home after 2,000 years to determine our own destiny.
Strength creates deterrence. Deterrence prevents war. And a grounded, proud Jewish nation with strength, unapologetic about being back in our ancestral homeland, ultimately creates the conditions for real peace.
Am Yisrael Chai!
#Israel #SaudiArabia #SaudiNormalization #AbrahamAccords #Iran #Turkey #Pakistan #MiddleEast #Netanyahu #IsraelNews #Hamas #Hezbollah #IDF #Peace #TotalVictory
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