«Israeli» Minister: Trump Boosting «Israel»-Sunni Ties

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The apartheid "Israeli" entity's so-called "Intelligence Minister" Yisrael Katz said that the Trump administration is working on strengthening ties between the entity and Sunni states in the region for the purpose of advancing a resolution to the "Israeli"-Palestinian conflict.

In an interview with The Washington Post published on Sunday, he acknowledged that the "Israeli" entity has relations with certain unnamed Sunni countries that have no official peace deal or diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv.

Katz indicated that due to the relative weakness of Palestinian Authority [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas and recent changes within the Hamas leadership, a direct approach had become increasingly difficult.

Therefore, he had been pushing his vision for solving the conflict between the "Israeli" entity and the Palestinians using a multi-layered regional approach, with coordination between Arab states along with Palestinians.

Katz explained that one aspect of bolstering the "Israeli"-Sunni state alliance consists of uniting in the fight against extremist groups wreaking havoc in the region, such as Daesh [Arabic acronym for "ISIS" / "ISIL"] and al-Qaida.

The US administration's shift on the Middle East conflict provided the "Israeli" entity with mechanisms and backing in order to strengthen security cooperation with Sunni states, Katz told the newspaper.

"[Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu went to America after many discussions here in which we spoke about the idea for regional peace, based on security and economic considerations in the region," he said of the premier's recent visit to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump.

The "Israeli" minister mentioned that along with security coordination, regional economics can serve as a path for forging diplomatic and political ties with the Arab world.

In the case that intelligence sharing and a level of strategic regional cooperation are attained, Katz said he envisions a plan to physically close the gap between the "Israeli" entity and the Arab world with a train line that runs from Bisan [Beit She'an] to Jordan, which could branch out from there to various destinations in the region.

Katz stated that he had already garnered support from Netanyahu for the venture and that efforts are in the works to gain backing from Gulf States, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

He further noted that despite recent questions surrounding the issue, the US still supports a "two-state" solution and Netanyahu had not rejected it.

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