(MEMRI) Writing in the Saudi government daily Al-Yawm on July 15, 2018, Saudi journalist Sukina Meshekhis called on the Arab countries to take bold steps, including certain concessions, in order to advance peace with Israel. She wrote that the Arabs have missed too many opportunities to make peace with Israel, and this is stopping them from developing and advancing. The collective interest of the Arabs today "requires rapprochement and understandings with Israel," and therefore they must be more pragmatic. In several recent reports, MEMRI has noted an increasing number of Saudi intellectuals, journalists, and commentators expressing public support for Israel and calling for peace and normalization with it.
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