The road to peace cannot be paved with contempt

Recent comments by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich regarding Saudi Arabia are shameful and troubling. Unfortunately, they reflect a mindset that risks undermining the very fabric of the state of Israel and Jewish relationships in the Middle East. Such remarks represent a strain of divisive rhetoric that threatens to erode the reputation we have worked so hard to build. Across Israel and the global Jewish community, there is an urgent concern about the rise of voices that often resort to demagoguery instead of wisdom.

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