- Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Shaul Bartal
- July 31, 2019
- Paper No. 1241
The โDeal of the Centuryโ and the Bahrain conference show that Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States, like other Islamic countries, have no real reason to oppose either normal relations with Israel or a settlement aimed at improving the lives of the Palestinians. The Palestinians, however, are not interested in a peace settlement but rather in maintaining the status quo of an ongoing struggle against the โZionist enemy.โ