Israel’s President Wants ‘Nothing More’ Than to Shake Saudi Leader’s Hand

Jerusalem, 12 May, 2025 (TPS-IL) — President of Israel Issac Herzog on Monday spoke of the progress towards expanding the “circle of peace” in Israel’s region, saying,” There is nothing I want more than to shake the hand of Sheikh Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, as a rapprochement between Jew and Muslim in the region.”

The comment came when Herzog spoke with the press while on a state visit to Berlin.

Herzog added that he believes that “this is the exact historic challenge. Are we moving towards inclusion of Israel in the region? Which is a historic process, which started with President Sadat in 1977 then with Jordan, then with UAE in Bahrain and Morocco in the Abraham Accords. And what’s the next step? Or are we caving into radical forces who want to block it, and they’re using every possible way with the empire of evil from Tehran and their proxies.”

“I believe the historic movement is for inclusion of Israel in the region, and we should do everything possible, both employing our capabilities to defend ourselves and extending our hand for peace and dreaming of peace and reaching it. It’s not easy at all in the current circumstances, but that’s exactly why we’re standing here, to show that there’s possible hope.”