Netanyahu: Sunni Arab states more realistic about Israeli-Palestinian conflict than EU

Speaking in an onstage interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Netanyahu said that "Saudi Arabia recognizes that Israel is an ally rather than an enemy because of the two principle threats that threaten them, Iran and Daesh," he said, using the Arabic acronym for Islamic State.

"Who can help us? they ask. Obviously Israel and the Sunni Arab states are not on opposite sides," he said.

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