White House Makes Fresh Push for Historic Deal to Forge Saudi-Israel Ties


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The Guardian—Saudis push for ‘plan B’ that excludes Israel from key deal with US. Riyadh seeks more modest agreement with Washington in absence of Gaza ceasefire and Netanyahu resistance to Palestinian stateThe US and Saudi Arabia have drafted a set of agreements on security and technology-sharing which were intended to be linked to a broader Middle East settlement involving Israel and the Palestinians.However, in the absence of a ceasefire in Gaza and in the face of adamant resistance from Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government to the creation of a Palestinian state – and...

Zero Hedge—Biden Pushing Pipe-Dream Of Israel-Saudi Mega Deal Based On Palestinian State Recognition. Biden Pushing Pipe-Dream Of Israel-Saudi Mega Deal Based On Palestinian State Recognition The Biden administration is keeping its dream of seeing Saudi-Israeli diplomatic normalization achieved (or rather, what is in fact originally Trump's dream set in motion via the Abraham Accords). But Biden is dangling something before Netanyahu that the Israeli leader is unlikely to be very attracted by. "The Biden administration is pushing for a long-shot diplomatic deal in coming months...

The Foreign Desk—Israel to Put Rafah Invasion on Hold After White House Pressure. U.S. national security spokesperson John Kirby told ABC News on Sunday that Israel has agreed to discuss the Biden administration’s concerns over the protection of non-combatants before they launch any military activity in the Gazan city of Rafah. "They've assured us that they won't go into Rafah until we've had a chance to really share