# Netanyahu's Saudi Normalization Bid, Elections and Iran War - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2116561729253486985 - Source account: [@ZAHERABUHUSIEN](https://x.com/ZAHERABUHUSIEN) - Source language: Arabic - Target language: English - Duration: 3:52 - Published: 2026-11-03 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/ar/%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war) Netanyahu had been betting in recent years on normalization with Saudi Arabia, and he was broadcasting as if next month would be the month after which all that would happen. [0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=12) I greatly value the position of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in refusing to allow such a major historic political development for Benjamin Netanyahu despite pressure from the U.S. administration, and Trump in particular. [0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=30) There was clear talk of a Palestinian state. [0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=33) His Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman linked that to progress toward establishing a Palestinian state. [0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=40) Benjamin Netanyahu did not like this. There is also international momentum, with France, on the question of recognizing a Palestinian state. [0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=46) Of course, Netanyahu wants to sell Israeli society this bonanza, this grand prize. He deserves no prize at all. [0:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=55) The man is subject to an international arrest warrant on charges of committing war crimes. I don't know what the reaction will be if the right falls and Benjamin Netanyahu loses the election. [1:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=69) I wouldn't be surprised if the reaction were violent, from the right in the Trumpian American sense. [1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=77) On the question of accepting the results, or... [1:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=79) They had been planning a meeting all along, planning... to criticize these results and claim, for example, that there was fraud among... [1:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=87) The Arabs had pinned it on the Arabs before it happened. [1:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=90) Especially if their numbers are high. This blatant conspiracy was exposed. [1:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=99) Netanyahu will do everything he can to avoid losing control. [1:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=104) How does he view the conflict with... And that could lead, especially... if the Arabs have a role... to Arab lawmakers or Jewish left- wing lawmakers being targeted if Netanyahu loses. [1:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=119) How does he view the conflict and war with Iran in terms of the results? [2:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=123) In terms of who won, who prevailed, or who managed to impose the rules of the game to a greater extent? [2:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=128) How does Israeli society view this politically? [2:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=130) After October 7, Netanyahu used the term “absolute victory.” [2:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=134) ... The opposition taunts him, saying, “You haven’t achieved any absolute victory on any front,” not in Gaza, not in Iran, not in Lebanon. [2:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=146) Not in Lebanon, nor... with the Houthis, nor on any front. [2:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=152) And he wants to keep these wars going to get closer to the idea of absolute victory. But... [2:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=161) The election is in 48 hours, and he is without an outright victory, as all the leaders of the opposition and the Israeli media accuse him of. [2:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=170) There is rhetoric and talk that is serious when it comes to Turkey and hostility toward Turkey. [2:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=175) Dr. Ahmad, from the inside, how do you see Israel's view of Turkey and the idea that it is the next enemy, the next war, the next threat, and so on? [3:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=183) Israel needs a rotating enemy 24 hours a day, seven days a week. [3:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=188) You know it. If it's not Plan A, they always have to create a Plan B. So a few months ago President Erdoğan and Turkey were the rotating enemy. [3:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=204) Statements of attack and veiled military threats and perhaps attempts to provoke clashes on Syrian territory. [3:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=215) The airport they bombed was a message to Turkey. [3:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=217) That was a message to Turkey, and they said it was a message to Turkey. [3:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/hJKiJ2d29WMN/en/netanyahu-s-saudi-normalization-bid-elections-and-iran-war?t=221) They said it was a message to Turkey. So Netanyahu can't now— he's at a stage where he can't live without an enemy and a war.