Sunday, April 30, 2023

US Source: Administration examining Saudi demands for normalization with Israel

Despite the recent rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Washington is examining Riyadh's demands for a potential normalization with Israel, an American official told Israel Hayom.

Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visited Israel. During an address to the Jerusalem Post conference on Thursday, DeSantis accused the Biden Administration of wasting the opportunity to expand the Abraham Accords which were achieved under the Trump Administration and of pushing Saudi Arabia away from normalization with Israel.

"The Biden Administration worked overtime to alienate Saudi Arabia making it more difficult for Israel to forge a normalization deal with Saud Arabia," DeSantis said. “I think, with a proper policy and proper relations, you could see Saudi Arabia recognize the existence of Israel."

In Israel, it is hoped that despite Saudi Arabia's growing ties with China, which brokered the rapprochement with Iran, the kingdom will attempt to maintain a balance with the global superpowers and therefore seek to improve its relationship with the US as well, which have frayed under the Biden Administration. READ MORE