Israel’s kinetic war against Hamas has been successful. Although still defiant, Hamas is a shadow of its pre-October 7 self. The possibility of an October 7 reprisal is forever nil. But Hamas and their supporters are winning the equally important battle for hearts and minds in demonizing Israel and Jews.
The Saudi ‘No’
Peloni: The path forward on which Riyadh might restore an interest in peace is to accept that there already exists a Palestinian state, that it was created a century ago with the flip of a pen at the Cairo Conference, that this arbitrary decision by Winston Churchill to vivisect the territory which had been intended to be the Jewish Homeland was endorsed into international law by the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine. If MBS could acknowledge this fact, many things would become possible for Saudi and Israeli relations. It would also resolve the crisis of having to deal with the Arabs described as Palestinians as if they had a formal right to Jewish lands included in the state of Israel, when the reality is that three quarters of the land which had been intended for the Jewish Homeland was instead siphoned off for the Muslims living in the area, and which did not at any time include the territory of Judea and Samaria.
by Pierre Rehov • Gatestone Institute • May 10, 2026
Saudi Crown Prince MBS Welcomes Qatar Emir in Riyadh. Screengrab via Youtube
- The Abraham Accords, once touted as a breakthrough, have quietly moved, in Saudi political conversation, into the deep freeze.

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