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Israel’s election has exposed Netanyahu’s weakening political mandate, deepened domestic divisions, and underscored the limitations of military force in achieving regional security, political stability, and lasting peace.

Israel’s emerging security doctrine exposes a troubling contradiction: it wants Arab states as diplomatic partners but appears increasingly unwilling to accept them as independent centres of regional power.

Driven by escalating Houthi threats and allied military restraint, Saudi Arabia and Israel might be inching towards a pragmatic “marriage of convenience” to safeguard their mutual survival. However, deep-seated public hostility and the unresolved Palestine issue will likely keep this strategic convergence tightly under wraps as an implicit, tactical arrangement rather than formal normalisation.