MK Danny Danonwho is in Bahrain at a conference of parliamentarians, talked remotely today (Sunday) on the program of Ben Caspit and Professor Aryeh Eldad on 103FM about the renewal of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, about the legal reform, and about the fight against it.
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“There is nothing to blame one party or another for the renewal of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran – not everything has to do with Israel,” he said, “I think this event is much bigger than us. It has to do with the USA, with the fact that it chose not to intervene in the region. The Saudis understood this and therefore they went towards China, towards Iran.”
“It saddens us, but not everything has to do with Israel. I think this event is an event of the US, which unfortunately does not intend to take action within our region, which is why we saw the Saudis sign the agreement. But you know, it’s the Middle East. They have already signed agreements in the past, canceled agreements. Let’s see how long it lasts,” he added.
The Saudis expressed concern that we will stop being a democracy soon?
“The Saudis don’t, but the Europeans do. We heard concern from conversations we had with many delegations, including our friends. I tell them, ‘Wait, you’ll see what happens in the end.’ , Canada and others, definitely express concern about what is happening. They don’t really understand exactly the details. They see the sights, hear the voices, for them it is worrying.”
Later, MK Danon referred to the renewal of Saudi Arabia’s relations with Iran, which provoked a confrontation between the coalition and the opposition: “There is nothing to blame one party or another. Not everything has to do with Israel. I think this event of Saudi Arabia is a much bigger event than us. It is related to the USA, to the fact that it chose not to intervene in the region. The Saudis understood this and therefore they went in the direction of China, in the direction of Iran.”
“It saddens us, but not everything has to do with Israel. I think this event is an event of the US, which unfortunately does not intend to take action within our region, which is why we saw the Saudis sign the agreement. But you know, it’s the Middle East. They have already signed agreements in the past, canceled agreements. Let’s see how long it lasts,” he added.
Saudi Crown Prince Salman (Photo: Reuters)
Afterwards, Danon referred to the protest in the legal reform: “I think there are broad parts of the opposition that fell in love with the protest. I think the good of the country is increasing, and even if we don’t have a compromise partner, we can alone decide on the pace, the substance, and come up with an idea that will receive wider support In the public. Already a month ago I told my friends in Likud, ‘There will be 64 votes, but what support will there be in the public?’ Therefore, I think there might be room to make changes, even if the other side won’t sign them and won’t vote for us.”
“There are parts of the Likud that say, ‘Let’s pass everything in the first reading, and then right before the end, a second and third reading, we can reach understandings and a good agreement.’ “Make the changes in a responsible, informed way that will ultimately remain for a long time. If we don’t do this, then there will be another majority in the Knesset in a few years, and the first thing they will do will be to cancel everything we did,” Danon added.
At the end of the interview, the Knesset member concluded: “I think that in the end we will not pass this law in the second and third reading in the current format. There will be a dialogue, the question is when it will be and how much the heavy price will be paid until we reach this dialogue.”
Assisted in the preparation of the article: Amitai Doak, 103FM