Khalil al-Anani, a professor of political science and international relations, said in his interview with the “Beyond the News” program that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek to continue normalization between Tel Aviv and Arab countries with the aim of marginalizing the Palestinian cause and covering up its internal problems.

This came as a comment from him on Netanyahu's announcement of the start of his first foreign tour, by visiting an Arab capital, Abu Dhabi.

Al-Anani indicated the existence of a strategic alliance between the UAE and Israel, stressing that Abu Dhabi has investments in Tel Aviv estimated at $10 billion, and it seeks to consolidate its political and economic relations with Israel despite the presence of an extreme right-wing government in power.

And the Israeli channel (14) revealed that Netanyahu will head to the Emirates at the head of a delegation that includes the new head of the National Security Council, Tzachi Hanegbi, and a number of ministers.

This comes within the framework of the normalization of relations between the two sides under what is known as the "Abraham Agreement" that was signed at the White House in September 2020 during the reign of former US President Donald Trump.

In the context, the Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Mustafa Barghouti, confirmed that the Netanyahu government, which he described as a right-wing, extremist and fascist government, wants to neutralize and marginalize the Palestinian cause and then liquidate it through the process of normalization with the Arab world and by threatening to attack Iran, and he said that Israel does not want any power to compete with it. In the region, therefore, it plots against Iran, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and other countries.

The new Israeli government - which is described as the most extreme right-wing in Israel's history - began its first day with a bloody escalation against the Palestinians, which resulted in deaths and injuries, in addition to an air strike targeting Damascus International Airport, which put it out of service for a while.

In his interview with the episode (1/2/2023) of the “Beyond the News” program, Barghouti said that the Zionist movement revealed all its intentions, and the Netanyahu government said that its program is the annexation and Judaization of the West Bank and the fierce expansion of settlements, and threatened to change the reality in Al-Aqsa Mosque. It also declared that all of Palestine is the land of the Jews, which means that it is going towards ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people.

The Minister of National Security in the new Israeli government coalition, the extremist Itamar Ben Gvir, announced, hours after assuming his position, his intention to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque this week.

regional repercussions

In light of the Israeli government's program and the absence of an American desire to pressure it or take real measures against it - Barghouti adds - the Palestinians are required to take advantage of the current moment in order to work to activate the boycott and try to isolate Israel in international forums, stressing that change is not expected from Washington, but rather from the Palestinians. themselves as South Africa did.

For his part, the professor of political science and international relations warned that the program of the new Israeli government may also have regional repercussions, and he expected that the coming months would be hot, especially in light of the absence of actual American and Western pressure on Tel Aviv.

Al-Anani predicted that the Netanyahu government would turn to incitement against Iran, obstruct the revival of the nuclear agreement, and perhaps try to resume secret operations against the Iranians.

In the context of the American position, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had renewed - in a statement by the US State Department following a phone call with his Israeli counterpart Eddie Cohen - Washington's continued commitment to the principle of the two-state solution, and pledged to continue opposing Israeli settlements or annexing lands in the occupied West Bank, but stressed that he would rule On the new Netanyahu government with its actions and not with its members from the far right.