the Abraham Accords the peace treaties that Israel had with four Arab Emirates Bahrain Sudan and Morocco

that didn't happen without Saudi approval. I don't think Saudi Arabia is just another country.

You know, just need it. Let's add number five. I think it's qualitatively different if we have peace with Saudi Arabia. I think it's qualitatively different if we have peace with Saudi Arabia I think will

effectively be ending the Arab Israeli conflict. I recently sat down with Prime Minister Benjamin Nutsan Yahoo for a conversation about his new book,

Beebe, My Story.

It was an event hosted by the Stryker Cultural Center at Temple Emanuel.

The Stryker Center here in New York City where I've spoken in the

past has a terrific offering of virtual and in-person speakers and panels.

Highly recommend you checking out their programs which will post in the show notes.

While Prime Minister Netanyahu and I had intended to focus mostly on his book, he wound up saying

some interesting things about how he'll approach Israeli relations with Saudi Arabia.

Could we see an expansion of the

Abraham Accords? To Israel's position in the Russia-Ukraine war? Will Israel's posture

change under his new government? And not surprisingly, we speak extensively

about recent events on the streets of Iran

and how they may change geopolitics of the region

and globally.

We sat down at both an interesting and tricky moment, and for some quite

worrisome in the realm of Israeli politics. It was after Prime Minister

Netanyahu's recent election, but before his formation of a new government.

In fact, it was just before he was given a mandate by the President of Israel to form a government.

Against his backdrop, he couldn't say much about the concerns some in the diaspora have about the agenda of specific

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