I disagree, the only reason there's no democratic Palestinian republic is down to advocates like Singer and his broken record, Polly want a cracker, rhetoric.
Alan B.

49 years ago (October 1973) on this most sacred and solemn day of the Jewish calendar, Egypt and Syria conducted a surprise attack on Israel that nearly succeeded to destroy Israel.

The war was bitter, Israel had many casualties, but by God's grace it prevailed and still exists.

This evil Saudi scheme which the author refers to, would see Syria, which in practice is just a proxy for Iran and Russia, replacing Jordan, thus placing Iranian and Russian forces all along Israel's vulnerable eastern border of over 500 kilometers, where conventional Russian forces could annihilate Israel in a matter of hours.

Israel would never allow this to happen again!