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The Adir F-35I fighter jet during the 'Blue Flag', an international aerial training exercise at the Ovda air force base, Southern Israel, November 11, 2019 (Flash90)

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President Trump meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Getty Images)

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US President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Getty Images)

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Saudi Arabia likely to join Abraham Accords by end of year, says Trump

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Trump greets Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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

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

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

Yahya Sinwar saw peace talks between Jerusalem and Riyadh as detrimental to the terror group

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Recovered documents from a Hamas tunnel reveal that one of Yahya Sinwar's motivations for the October 7 attack was to disrupt Israel-Saudi peace talks. (Getty Images)

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Donald Trump’s troubling Middle East fantasy

The Qataris are playing him for a fool, and Israel may suffer for it

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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)

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

Trump in Saudi Arabia: US President announces lifting of Syria sanctions

By Jacob Jaffa

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May 14, 2025 09:36

US President Trump has announced the lifting of sanctions on Syria during a tour of the Middle East (Image: Getty)

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

A fresh proposal from Riyadh would see the unprecedented diplomatic shift tied to the end of the Gaza War and normalisation with Israel

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

May 12, 2025 10:15

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)

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

The move has further fuelled concern in Jerusalem that the White House is prepared to conduct Middle East policy unilaterally

By Jacob Jaffa

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May 9, 2025 09:52

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)

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

President Emmanuel Macron has indicated that Paris could also recognise a Palestinian state in June as he looks to bridge gaping divides between the two sides

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April 17, 2025 11:42

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)

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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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Debris lie on the ground at the scene of an Israeli strike in Syria (Getty)

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

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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)

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia deciding what’s a “normal country”? That’s comedy gold

Saudi Arabia won’t agree normalisation until Israel acts like a ‘normal country’, claims former intelligence chief

How a US-Saudi F-35 deal could shatter Israel’s aerial dominance

Trump confirms US will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia likely to join Abraham Accords by end of year, says Trump

Israel’s victory deal could transform the region

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

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