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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Right)

Netanyahu wants to advance a Saudi deal, diplomatic sources say

 PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas attends the World Economic Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, earlier this year. The writer points out that the PA and Jordan were also invited to the Negev Forum in 2022, attended by Israel, the US, Egypt, Morocco, Bahrain, and the UAE.

Secret meetings prove Israel, Saudi Arabia still want normalization amid war

 HAMAS LEADER Yahya Sinwar speaks at a Hamas gathering in Gaza City, in 2022. Each day that Sinwar escapes demise – while retaining his ability to threaten – strengthens Hamas’s interests, at least psychologically and visually, the writer asserts.

Arab-Israeli relations depend on the speedy neutralization of Hamas

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken meets Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, in Jeddah, in March. Israeli decisions will shape the US regional defense alliance, and impact the weakening of Iran and global economic stability, says the writer.

Israel-Saudi normalization on the table as part of new US defense treaty - WSJ

 THE SCENE of an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday: Israel must continue the war until the goals are achieved, the writer asserts

Israel must receive sufficient US aid before entering Rafah

By David Ben-Basat
 SAUDI CROWN PRINCE Mohammed bin Salman: In 2018, he told US Jewish leaders that ‘the Palestinian leadership has repeatedly missed opportunities... It’s time for the Palestinians to accept the proposals and come to the negotiating table – or shut up and stop complaining.’

Normalization with Saudi Arabia looks unlikely, but we should try anyway

 U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is greeted by U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Brad Cooper at Navy's Fifth Fleet headquarters in Manama, Bahrain, December 19, 2023.

Houthis slam US-led naval force in Red Sea, threaten Middle East

 A PRESS photographer examines damage from a Hamas attack at the Park Hotel in Netanya on Passover Seder night in 2002, in which 29 people were murdered and hundreds were injured. Hamas has long tried to sabotage peace.

What are key goals in the war for Hamas? - opinion

 SAUDI CROWN Prince Mohammed Bin Salman welcomes Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas at a China-Arab summit in Riyadh last year.

What could a Saudi perspective on the Israel-Hamas war look like? - opinion

By Shiri Fein-Grossman
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Right)

Saudi Arabia reportedly suspends peace talks with Israel in the wake of war with Hamas

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 Jordan's King Abdullah II addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, September 19, 2023.

Israel-Saudi peace cannot bypass Palestinians - Jordan's King Abdullah

By MOHAMMED AL-KASSIM/The Media Line
 Flags of Saudi Arabia and Israel stand together in a kitchen staging area as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds meetings at the State Department in Washington, US, October 14, 2021.

Saudi-Israel normalization would transform Middle East - opinion

By DENNIS ROSS
 US and Saudi Arabian forces conduct a closing ceremony for Exercise Friendship and Iron Hawk 14 on April 14th, 2014, near Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's peace with Israel hinges on NATO-style defense pact with US

By REUTERS
 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Joe Biden at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, in 2016 when Biden was US vice-president.

Biden, Netanyahu to discuss Saudi normalization, Iran

By REUTERS
 Hacker in a dark room (illustrative).

Saudi nuclear program can be secretly managed - top Israeli sources

 SAUDI CROWN Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Joe Biden fist bump upon the latter’s arrival at Al Salman Palace, in Jeddah, last year.

Peace with Saudi Arabia is a real possibility - opinion

 ACCORDING TO Thomas Friedman, US President Joe Biden is still not committed to a Saudi-Israeli deal.

Israel-Saudi deal unlikely in near future

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, June 7, 2023.

PA says Saudis mustn't bow to US, Israel optimistic over deal