Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia ‘is ready to sign Abraham Accords’, former Mossad chief claims

Yossi Cohen has told the JC the Saudis will join other Arab countries in normalising relationships with Israel once the war is over

By Jamie Shapiro

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Former Mossad director Yossi Cohen (right) spoke to JC editor Daniel Schwammenthal (left) (Image: Simona Georgievea)

Hamas

One of Hamas’ October 7 aims was to block Israel-Saudi peace, documents show

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A Qatari Boeing 747 sits on the tarmac of Palm Beach International airport. Donald Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing jet from the Qatari royal family for use as Air Force One (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

By Melanie Phillips

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Syria

Trump to lift US sanctions on Syria after Al-Sharaa meeting

By Jacob Jaffa

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Saudi officials are reportedly optimistic that Donald Trump will back Palestinian recognition during his regional tour this week (Pictured: Trump meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in 2018; Image: Getty)

US Politics

Saudi ‘optimistic’ about securing Trump backing for Palestine recognition this week

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

President Trump has reportedly dropped Saudi-Israel normalisation as a condition of a US nuclear deal with the Kingdom (Pictured: Trump speaks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the 2019 G20 summit; Image: Getty)

US Politics

Trump ‘drops Israeli normalisation’ as condition for Saudi nuclear deal

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

French President Macron is reportedly looking to broker a new Gaza ceasefire, which is set to include normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia (Image: Getty)

France

Macron to link new Gaza ceasefire to Saudi normalisation and hostage releases, French official claims

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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Neutering Turkish ambition is key to peace in the Middle East

Only the US — trusted by both sides — can broker an arrangement that secures their vital interests and outlines a shared future in Syria

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Arab leaders are slowly realising that Hamas has to go

Trump’s hardball approach to Gaza appears to be pushing other countries in the region to come up with viable plan

By Michael Sharnoff

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February 21, 2025 17:04

Terrorists at the site of the handover of hostage bodies including those of the Bibas family (Photo by SAEED JARAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia rules out Israel normalisation under Trump Gaza plan

The Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry has seemingly made an agreement conditional on a two-state solution

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

February 5, 2025 12:38

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has confirmed that the Kingdom will not normalise relations with Israel until a Palestinian state is established in response to US President Trump's Gaza plan (Image: Getty)

To hit the drug-addled Houthis, Mossad could remove their stash

One idea to address the threat involves cutting off the jihadis’ supply of khat, a natural amphetamine

By Yossi Melman

5 min read

January 29, 2025 12:54

Houthis raise their rifles along with a yellow flag of Lebanon's Hezbollah in protest against Israel's military action in Lebanon and Gaza.(Getty Images)

Israel’s new US ambassador suggests Saudi normalisation on the brink

Yechiel Leiter, who began his new appointment on Friday, hinted that a breakthrough in relations with the Gulf state could be on the horizon

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

January 28, 2025 17:27

Yechiel Leiter has hinted that Israeli-Saudi normalisation is be 'closer than ever' (Image: X/Yechiel Leiter)

UN has been on our side, not Israel’s, claims Saudi envoy when discussing Yemen war in which 377,000 died

Ambassador made remark while speaking at a event at Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

September 26, 2024 13:30

The launch of the Labour Foreign Policy Group's Middle East and North Africa Forum. Right to Left: Saudi Ambassador to the UK Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al–Saud, Defence Minister Alistair Carns, Labour Foreign Policy Group co-founder Cllr Peymana Assad and former Pentagon adviser Jasmine El-Gamal. Credit: Labour Foreign Policy Group

Saudi Arabia waiting for Gaza ceasefire before normalisation deal with Israel

Saudi-Israel normalisation not likely before US elections say Israeli and American officials

By JC Reporter

1 min read

July 14, 2024 11:21

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Photo by SERGEI SAVOSTYANOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Saudis, Emiratis shared intel about Iranian attack with US and Israel

The Jordanian airforce also shot down projectiles that crossed into its airspace

By JC Reporter

1 min read

April 15, 2024 17:04

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Saudis say Iran instigated October 7 to sabotage Israel normalisation

‘Iran is a nation that endorses terrorism, and the world should have curtailed it much earlier’ a member of the royal family told Hebrew media

By Joshua Marks

1 min read

April 15, 2024 10:17

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) in Jeddah on March 20, 2024. Secretary of State Blinken, who landed in Jeddah earlier on March 20 on the first leg of a regional tour that was extended to include Israel, met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan before holding talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP) (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia ‘is ready to sign Abraham Accords’, former Mossad chief claims

One of Hamas’ October 7 aims was to block Israel-Saudi peace, documents show

Donald Trump’s troubling Middle East fantasy

Trump to lift US sanctions on Syria after Al-Sharaa meeting

Saudi ‘optimistic’ about securing Trump backing for Palestine recognition this week

Trump ‘drops Israeli normalisation’ as condition for Saudi nuclear deal

Macron to link new Gaza ceasefire to Saudi normalisation and hostage releases, French official claims

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