BEGINNING ON FEAST OF TRUMPETS: THE BEAST PLANS ON SPLITTING JERUSALEM

BEGINNING ON FEAST OF TRUMPETS:
THE BEAST PLANS ON SPLITTING
JERUSALEM
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Updated 18 sec ago
ARAB NEWS
September 05, 2025 20:14
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NEW YORK CITY: The UN General Assembly on Friday voted to RESUME A
HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION
ON SEPT. 22, reviving a process that was suspended during the summer
amid escalating violence in the Middle East.
It followed A PROPOSAL BY SAUDI ARABIA AND FRANCE that was
adopted despite strong objections from Israel and the US, both of which
disassociated themselves from the decision and described the initiative
as politically motivated and harmful to peace efforts.
THE HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR THE PEACEFUL
SETTLEMENT OF THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE initially convened during
the 79th session of the General Assembly but was suspended on July 30.
THE CONFERENCE WILL NOW RESUME DURING THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY’S 80TH SESSION, at the level of heads of state and
government, underscoring the need for what PROPONENTS DESCRIBE AS
AN URGENT INTERNATIONAL PUSH TOWARD A JUST AND LASTING
PEACE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE.
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Speaking before the vote on the proposal, the Saudi representative to the
UN, Abdulaziz Alwasil, delivering remarks on behalf of Riyadh and Paris,
said the initiative was not aimed at any particular side or party but was
“A REFLECTION OF OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND RELEVANT UN RESOLUTIONS.”
He added: “The situation on the ground in Palestine has never been more
dire. Escalating violence, deepening humanitarian suffering and the
erosion of hope for peace all underscore the urgency of our collective
responsibility.
“This process cannot be allowed to stall. THE RESUMPTION OF THE
CONFERENCE IS A SUBSTANTIVE COMMITMENT BY THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ACT WITH RESOLVE, CONSISTENCY
AND RESPONSIBILITY.”
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Israel rejected the decision, accusing backers of (5) THE PROPOSAL OF
“PROCEDURAL BULLYING” and complaining of a lack of transparency (5)
IN THE PROCESS BEHIND IT.
“This is not a serious attempt at peacemaking, (7) IT IS A PERFORMANCE,
A PUBLICITY STUNT,” the Israeli representative said.
“Far from advancing peace, it threatens to prolong the war, embolden
Hamas, and undermine real diplomatic efforts.”
The representative (5) WARNED THAT SUCH GESTURES SEND (5) THE
WRONG SIGNAL TO MILITANTS, and that (5) TERRORIST GROUPS SUCH
AS HAMAS have (5) PUBLICLY PRAISED RECENT INTERNATIONAL
INITIATIVES, interpreting them (5) AS VALIDATION OF THEIR TACTICS.
The US also formally opposed the decision by the General Assembly,
warning that the conference itself, along with the (5) RESOLUTION
MANDATING IT, LACKS LEGITIMACY.
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“We were surprised and dismayed to see this proposal added to the
agenda only yesterday,” the US envoy said, bemoaning a lack (5) OF
TRANSPARENCY SURROUNDING THE TEXT, the timing and the budgetary
implications of the move.
Describing the resumption of the summit as (5) AN “ILL-TIMED
PUBLICITY STUNT,” the envoy warned that the conference could
embolden Hamas and prolong the conflict, and stated that Washington
would not participate.
“This is an insult to the victims of Oct. 7,” the US representative said,
referring to the Hamas-led attacks on Israel in 2023.
“Our focus remains on serious diplomacy, (5) NOT STAGE-MANAGED
CONFERENCES DESIGNED TO (5) MANUFACTURE THE APPEARANCE OF
RELEVANCE.”
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SAUDI ARABIA’S DIVERSIFIED SUPPORT FOR A TWO-STATE
SOLUTION
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More than a year has passed since the horrific attacks that took the lives
of 1,200 innocent Israeli citizens on Oct. 7, 2023, a devastating day that
led to many more devastating days in Gaza, where tens of thousands of
innocent people have died and countless more have experienced
suffering on an industrial scale. All hopes that the war might soon wind
down are fading, as the conflict has expanded regionally and
internationally and attention has been diverted to a hot cease-fire in
Lebanon and the dramatic events unfolding in Syria.
This war has illustrated the precarious and unhealthy state of Arab-Israeli
relations. It has also shown that NO SINGLE LEADER HAS THE POWER OR
CAN MUSTER THE POLITICAL WILL NEEDED TO ACHIEVE PEACE. THE
RESOLUTION OF THIS CONFLICT WILL REQUIRE A NEW DYNAMIC OF
COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP that can look beyond the present moment to
transform this disastrous situation into an opportunity to ADVANCE
PEACE, STABILITY, AND SECURITY.
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Saudi Arabia is a key actor that can help support (5) A CREDIBLE PATH TO
PEACE, but it cannot do it alone. In order to bridge the gap between the
current reality on the ground and THE (5) IMPLEMENTATION OF A TWO-
STATE SOLUTION, all stakeholders need to do their part. The Saudis have
taken (5) AN IMPORTANT STEP BY ESTABLISHING (5) AND LEADING
A GLOBAL ALLIANCE DEVOTED (5) TO IMPLEMENTING THE TWO-STATE
SOLUTION.
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What Saudi Arabia has done is create a new focal point and generate
momentum upon which other states can gradually build. Notably, the
alliance held its first meeting in Riyadh, lending a (5) GREAT DEAL OF
SYMBOLIC AUTHORITY (5) TO THIS PUSH FOR PEACE. With that said, the
world has been here before. There have been peace initiatives and
“pushes” toward resolution before, but none has reached the desired
end goal. While there are many reasons for this, one is a lack of sustained
effort to maintain the momentum moving in the (5) DIRECTION OF A
TWO-STATE SOLUTION. This then raises the question of how a coalition
supporting (5) THE ESTABLISHMENT A TWO-STATE SOLUTION or any
other peace process can be sustained — what is missing? One element
that may be absent is diversification within the processes (5) LEADING
TO THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION.
One of the main characteristics of Saudi Arabian thought on economic
and foreign policy development is calculated diversification. In line with
this broader approach, (5) THERE SHOULD BE TWO COMPONENTS (5) TO
A DIVERSIFIED PEACE PROCESS: (5) RESEQUENCING PEACE BEFORE
NORMALIZATION AND (5) A MOVEMENT TOWARD REGIONAL
INTEGRATION.
Fusing PEACE AND NORMALIZATION
The most significant support the Saudis are giving the Palestinians
currently is in what they are not doing, which (5) IS NORMALIZING
RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL. Immediately prior to the events of Oct. 7, the
Saudi government seemed on the verge of (5) ENTERING INTO
A NORMALIZATION AGREEMENT with Israel brokered by the United
States. In exchange for this potentially ground-breaking change in policy,
the Saudis would refrain from engaging with US strategic competitors
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(namely China), the US would not prevent the development of a Saudi
domestic nuclear energy program, and Israel would not deny the
possibility of the eventual (5) ESTABLISHMENT OF A PALESTINIAN STATE
— a complicated construct that was not particularly popular among
Palestinians. Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks and the ensuing Israeli reprisals on
Gaza halted the discussions, and THE (5) SAUDIS INCREASED THEIR
DEMANDS FOR (5) NORMALIZATION FROM A “CREDIBLE PATHWAY” (5)
TOWARD A TWO-STATE SOLUTION TO (5) CLEAR DEMANDS FOR
“IRREVERSIBLE STEPS” (5) THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE
“Recognition of a Palestinian state on the 1967
borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
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As the Israeli attacks on Gaza intensified, and Yemen, Iran,
and Lebanon were drawn into the conflict, threatening a regional
conflagration, Saudi Arabia’s position hardened. The language of Saudi
demands remained somewhat malleable, however, in line with its
broader approach to relations with Israel, which has enabled the
kingdom to (5) MOVE CLOSER TO AN AGREEMENT that achieves its
domestic priorities while also distancing itself from an unpopular
alignment with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing
government. Within the context of the US elections and an expanding
regional war, THE SAUDIS CONTINUED TO (5) INSIST THAT THERE
WOULD BE (5) NO NORMALIZATION WITH ISRAEL UNTIL (5) THERE IS A
PALESTINIAN STATE.
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The Saudi foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, reiterated
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s public support for the
Palestinians in an October 2024 opinion piece in The Financial Times, in
which he called for an immediate cease-fire, an end to the insecurity and
suffering on both sides, and a return to serious efforts to achieve a just
solution to the conflict. The chief Saudi diplomat reaffirmed Saudi
Arabia’s commitment to the proposition that “Palestinian statehood is a
prerequisite for peace, rather than its byproduct. This is the only path
that can lead us out of this cycle of violence and into a future where both
Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace, with security and mutual
respect.”
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In the Book of Genesis, God promises a wandering herder named
Abraham that he will be “the father of many nations” stretching
from the Nile to the Euphrates,
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https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/
69452394/the-antichrists-genetic-lineage
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Prior to the events of Oct. 7, the (5) NOTIONS OF PEACE AND
NORMALIZATION held by each side were far apart, and the Saudi attempt
to straddle the divide in pursuit of its own agenda without securing
adequate guarantees for the Palestinian position doomed the
negotiations to failure. Riyadh’s subsequent return to principle and (5)
RENEWED COMMITMENT TO PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD have (5)
GARNERED NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PRAISE. Hashtags like (5) “NO
RELATIONS WITHOUT A STATE” and “SAUDI (5) ARABIA IS TRIUMPHING
FOR PALESTINE” have made the rounds on Saudi social media. Given the
strong popular support for the Palestinians at home and throughout the
region, Saudi officials are unlikely to reverse their position on the issue
any time soon.
That said, one can expect that there will be a strong discursive effort to
prove otherwise. For instance, reports of a Saudi-
Israeli “breakthrough” recently made the rounds once again. However,
immediately, Saudi officials tacitly sought to shoot down the story, which
was additionally denied by the Israeli prime minister’s office, particularly
due to the reporting’s allusions to a vague ostensible (5) AGREEMENT
REGARDING A TWO-STATE SOLUTION. More such sensational rhetoric is
likely in the coming years. This speaks to the need to for those (5)
PUSHING FOR A TWO-STATE SOLUTION to be more vocal and invest in a
sustained effort to keep the discourse constructive and aimed at finding
a solution.
It is now imperative for the Saudi analytical community to flesh out what
“credible” and “irreversible” (5) STEPS TOWARD A TWO-STATE
SOLUTION would look like. Equally, Saudi experts must not just speak
about Israel but speak directly to Israelis, and (5) TO CLEARLY
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COMMUNICATE RIYADH’S MESSAGE (5) ABOUT THE UNBREAKABLE
LINK BETWEEN (5) PEACE AND A PALESTINIAN STATE.
Palestinian regional integration
(5) SAUDI ARABIA IS IN A (5) POSITION TO FACILITATE NOT ONLY (5) THE
CREATION OF A PEACE (5) FRAMEWORK BUT ALSO ITS
IMPLEMENTATION. This would involve a process of linking Palestinian
requirements with regional initiatives that would help integrate Palestine
into the wider global community.
The Saudis know that the (5) LACK OF A TWO-STATE SOLUTION (5)
RESULTING IN A PALESTINIAN STATE where Palestinians can live in
dignity is detrimental to (5) THE SECURITY OF THE REGION. (5) THE
SAUDIS SEE A PALESTINIAN (5) STATE NOT ONLY AS A (5) RIGHT BUT AS
A NECESSITY, THE (5) LACK OF WHICH WILL HARM (5) REAL REGIONAL
STABILITY AND PROSPERITY — conditions that are crucial for Saudi
Arabia to realize its own ambitions for its diversification process. As
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FOREIGN MINISTER PRINCE FAISAL BIN FARHAN AL SAUD said nearly a
year ago, “we need stability and only stability will come through resolving
the Palestinian issue.”
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This is where Saudi Arabia’s economic diversification and its (5) DESIRE
FOR REGIONAL STABILITY CAN (5) BE LEVERAGED IN THE SERVICE (5) OF
DIVERSIFYING THE PEACE PROCESS (5) TO SUPPORT A TWO-STATE
SOLUTION. A great deal of attention has been paid to the potential for
Israeli integration into the region, but nowhere near as much attention
has been paid to Palestinian integration.
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https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/70225400/vision-2030-
the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it
If the Saudi ruling elite can diversify the kingdom’s own economy,
strategic relations, and military cooperation, there should be no reason
why Saudi support for the Palestinian issue could not similarly be
diversified. In Riyadh, DIVERSIFICATION IS CENTRAL TO (5) SAUDI VISION
2030, AN OVERARCHING FRAMEWORK designed to transition the
country from an oil-centric economy into a multifaceted, diversified, and
self-sustaining economic powerhouse. The Saudis, and their reformminded
Gulf neighbors, know they cannot achieve these ambitious goals
without REGIONAL STABILITY. At the 2024 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
IN RIYADH, the Saudi Minister of Finance Mohamed al-Jadaan said,
“Today, to me, geopolitical risks are possibly the number one risk as you
look at the global economy … policymakers will need to be very agile in
dealing with this,” (5) ADDING, “THE REGION NEEDS STABILITY.”
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sts-footsteps-2024-part-one-the-beasts-one-worldgovernment-pact
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To that end, Saudi Arabia’s investment in a (5) MORE STABLE AND
INTEGRATED REGION is precisely the opportunity that a future
Palestinian economic vision requires. The Saudi ruling elite can help build
a Palestinian economic vision — a Vision 2035 for example — that acts
as an economic horizon within a broader political framework linking
Saudi domestic objectives to realistic Palestinian development goals and
Israeli concessions (5) TO CREDIBLE PATHWAYS FOR SUCCESS. This would
build confidence within the Saudi ruling elite that Palestinian projects are
forward looking. The current Saudi leadership is of a generation where
notions of business and tech investment are more appealing than
traditional slogans. This is why there ought to be a re-articulation of
support for Palestinian objectives that resonates with Saudi officials and
others in the region.
If this reframing of efforts is successful, the resulting Saudi assistance
could be instrumental in strengthening institutions needed for
Palestinian state building, the provision of skills training, adoption of anticorruption
measures, and linkage of Palestinian projects with regional
and international initiatives. In turn, this diversification of support for
Palestinian aspirations will contribute to the building (5) BLOCKS OF THE
TWO-STATE SOLUTION. Prince Turki Al-Faisal, a former Saudi spy chief
who often reflects the kingdom’s official discourse, indicated in a recent
interview that such an approach is not out of the question. When asked
what Saudi Arabia could contribute to advance the Palestinian cause, the
prince replied, “not just [Saudi] money, but technical knowhow.”
The Saudi diversification of support for Palestine need not only be in
linking Saudi businesses together with their Palestinian counterparts but
also institutes to institutes, initiatives to initiatives, and people to people.
This will help Palestinians integrate with the region and do the heavy
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lifting of a regional (5) APPROACH TO THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION. And
importantly, this step need not wait for an “acceptable” Palestinian
political elite; rather it would entail a process of investing in a Palestinian
civil society and business elite, which could then produce new political
realities for the future and capitalize on a diversification of interlocutors
within Palestine. The Saudis can amplify this diversification and
internationalize the process by spearheading an Arab and Islamic donor
conference where potential investors can support current and future
initiatives to boost Palestinian economic agency. Indeed, this could serve
as a natural next step, following on (5) FROM THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR
(5) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION (5) CONFERENCE
THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT HOSTED (5) IN RIYADH IN LATE OCTOBER.
Conclusion
The (5) ROAD TO A TWO-STATE SOLUTION has never been easy. The
ongoing war in Gaza, the subsequent psychological trauma, and a
growing sense of extremism all indicate turbulent times ahead. Even the
announced appointments of new Israeli and American ambassadors to
each other’s capitals signify that annexation of Palestinian lands by Israel
may be on the horizon. Notwithstanding the obstacles ahead,
representatives (5) OF THE PRO-TWO-STATE SOLUTION COMMUNITY —
whether Arabs, Israelis, or others — must vocalize and harmonize their
voices.
A new discourse is needed to encourage all stakeholders to engage in this
peace process by both addressing their concerns and elucidating
incentives. Advocates for an independent Palestine ought to highlight the
devastating consequences that failure to achieve peace will bring,
including the spillovers and irreversible damage such a scenario will have
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on the region. At the same time, the discourse should underscore that
diversifying the peace process and integrating the Palestinians into the
broader Middle East can generate important opportunities for all sides.
While the incoming Trump administration may be welcomed by the
extreme-right Netanyahu cabinet, the US president-elect is preoccupied
with peace to do business. Diversifying the peace process and Palestinian
regional integration, therefore, would not be antithetical to Donald
Trump’s preferred vision for the Middle East. That is precisely why Saudi
Arabia and other (5) PROPONENTS OF A TWO-STATE SOLUTION need to
be more proactive about constructively influencing and steering the
discourse to incentive all of the stakeholders to pursue this solution to
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Dr. Aziz Alghashian is a Saudi researcher who focuses on Saudi Arabia’s
policy toward Israel and Arab-Israeli relations more broadly.
The Middle East Institute (MEI) is an independent, non-partisan, non-forprofit,
educational organization. It does not engage in advocacy and its
scholars’ opinions are their own.
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THE ARAB LEAGUE SAYS NO PEACE WITHOUT TWO STATE
SOLUTION
Updated 39 sec ago AFP September 06, 2025 03:49
CAIRO: THE ARAB LEAGUE has said that peaceful coexistence in the
Middle East cannot be (5) ACHIEVED WITHOUT A PALESTINIAN STATE
and an end to what it described as Israel’s “hostile practices.” In a
resolution submitted by Egypt and SAUDI ARABIA and adopted on
Thursday, the League said that “the failure to reach a just solution to the
Palestinian cause and the hostile practices of the occupying power”
remain major obstacles to (5) “PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE” IN THE REGION.
The resolution was part of a wider meeting in Cairo where foreign
ministers endorsed a “JOINT VISION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION
IN THE REGION.” The meeting came as Israeli forces intensified their
military offensive around Gaza City — the territory’s largest urban center
— and days after Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich
called for annexation of swathes of the West Bank to “bury the idea of a
Palestinian state.”
In the resolution, a copy of which was obtained by AFP, THE ARAB BLOC
SAID THAT LASTING PEACE, COOPERATION AND COEXISTENCE IN THE
MIDDLE EAST are not possible while Israel continues to occupy Arab land
or “issues implicit threats to occupy or annex further Arab lands.”
Egypt and Jordan have signed peace treaties with Israel. The United Arab
Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco normalized relations with Israel in 2020
under the US-brokered Abraham Accords.
In its resolution, the League said,
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“Any lasting settlement must be based
on a two-state solution”
and the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, which offers a full normalization of
relations in return for a complete Israeli withdrawal from the territories
it occupied in 1967. Egypt said on Friday that there was “no room for
allowing any party to dominate the region or enforce unilateral security
arrangements that (5) COMPROMISE ITS SECURITY AND STABILITY.”
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