With Israeli elections due in October--the major players vying to become Israel's next Prime Minister--current caretaker PM -Yair Lapid, current Minister of Defence--Benny Gantz and current Opposition Leader--Bibi Netanyahu have yet to issue any statement on the Saudi plan released on June 8, 2022 to merge Jordan, Gaza and part of the West Bank into a single territorial entity to be called The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine.
The Plan's author--Ali Shihabi--is a confidante of Saudi Arabia's next King--Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and a member of the Advisory Council appointed by Bin Salman advising him on his personally-driven initiative--a $500 billion development called NEOM--a megacity of the future like none other on this planet--to be built in Northern Saudi Arabia on an expanse of land equal to the size of Israel.
