Lapid did what many had thought to be impossible: he succeeded in forming a coalition of eight ideologically-diverse parties, including left-wing, right-wing, centrist and Islamist parties.
Despite the Saudis denying any intent of normalization, Prime Minister Yair Lapid said that their decision to allow Israeli overflights was, in fact, a form of normalization between the two countries.
“Throughout the president’s career he talked about how he learned as a young boy from his father that if Israel did not exist, then we would need to invent it.”
As a community, we can afford to lift our gaze above the basic goals of survival and continuity. We ought to find ways to fulfill our potential and rise beyond the self through altruism and spirituality.
It’s one thing for an international leader to make a claim that there is no historical evidence to support, and it’s another for masses of people to actually believe it.
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