Middle East expert Professor Alex Bley of Ariel University in Samaria made the argument while speaking with Arutz Sheva on Tuesday that not enough attention has been paid to Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman's national plan.
Liberman's plan, criticized by many as being a blatant shift to the left, urges dividing Israel and conceding on large swathes of currently sovereign territory including the "Triangle" region of the Galilee so as to "unify" the people, in a plan that would involve coordination with Egypt and Jordan.
"Minister Liberman points to a meeting of interests we have with the Egyptians, and we saw there was productive cooperation against Hamas," said Bley. "Also Jordan isn't interested in having a Palestinian state established that won't be able to exist independently and will spread out, either eastward to Jordan or westward towards us."
According to the professor, "Liberman speaks about the connections with Arab countries, that we need to reach an agreement that will be appropriate for the Egyptians and Jordanians, and quietly also is appropriate for the Saudis who also fear from the extremist Muslims."
"Liberman has a central path and I see the possibility of a combination between Liberman and (Moshe) Kahlon that could be the start of a completely new approach," claimed Bley.
While many would argue that the approach of bringing in foreign interests to justify land concessions is nothing new, the mention of a reported collaboration with former Likud Minister Moshe Kahlon's new party comes as reports indicate Kahlon's close association with former members of the Kadima party that favors unilateral land concessions.
Speaking about the traditionally leftist parties such as Labor, which polls show can expect a strong showing in elections if they unify with Hatnua, Bley remarked "the left is striving for peace talks, but they already signed the Oslo Accords which ended in tragedy and also the Disengagement (from Gaza) that didn't bring anything good."
"We saw (former Prime Minister Ehud) Olmert run to give (Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud) Abbas everything and more, and nothing came from it," said Bley. "The maximum memory span of the public is four years, we also see politicians who don't learn from past experience and raise the flag of failures again."
Bley concluded "they want to return to the disaster of Oslo and the Disengagement, in which we gave a lot and didn't receive a thing."