Sunday, August 06, 2023

What's at stake in the emerging normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia?

Is Saudi Arabia finally coming around to complete the Abraham Accords? Blessed are the peacemakers!

Will Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman make a difference? Quite possibly!

Hopefully, the senile, demented, and corrupt 46th President and his administration of jokers will not screw up!

The Abraham Accords, one of the signature achievements of President Trump, keeps on giving.

"For years, Israel and the US have been dreaming of an agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Three years ago, Saudi Arabia participated in the negotiations on the Abraham Accords, but then withdrew. Israel eventually signed the accords with the UAE and Bahrain.

In the past year, the US administration has made feverish efforts to forge relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, but the latter has played very hard to get, and the matter has remained a question that the rulers of the respective countries prefer to avoid. That is, until US President Joe Biden’s remark the other week to contributors to his re-election campaign. ...
According to these reports, Saudi Arabia is linking normalization with Israel to substantial demands from the US. The first is a civilian nuclear facility capable of enriching uranium. The Saudis also want a defense pact with the US, because of their fears of Iran, and the sale to it of F-35 combat aircraft. As far as Israel is concerned, they are demanding progress on the Palestinian issue, involving a halt to construction in Judea and Samaria for an extended period, and even a commitment to refrain from annexation of territory. ..."

What's at stake in normalization with Saudi Arabia? - Globes Any deal will have terms hard for Israel to swallow, but economic interests might prevail in the end.

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