Israeli-Saudi Normalization

Between PA and Turkey, Gaza’s peacekeeping future could reshape Israel’s borders - analysis

If the endless number of scenarios and choices for who would run a Gaza International Stabilization Force (ISF) have come down to this stark choice, why is there no clear public debate about it?

People take part in a rally in support of Palestinians and to condemn Israeli forces' interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 5, 2025.
 Muslims perform their evening prayers around the holy Kaaba as they start arriving to perform the annual Haj in the Grand Mosque, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 16, 2023.

Normalization with Saudi Arabia cannot begin while Mecca broadcasts antisemitic hate - editorial

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman attend the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington on Wednesday. Israel’s quiet over the F-35 deal is part of a strategy, the writer maintains.

‘Which model for the Middle East?’: Trump and MBS bet on a Saudi-centered order - analysis

A VOTER casts his ballot at a polling station in Kafr Manda, in the Knesset election in March 2021. The Saudis are interested in seeing a new government formed in Israel, even if it still includes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, says the writer.

Israel’s road to peace with Saudi Arabia: A deal is imminent, but only after elections - opinion


Will Israel-Saudi normalization be announced this month?

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Mideast diplomatic breakthroughs tend to bloom in September. Will this hold true for Saudi-Israeli normalization?

 SAUDI CROWN PRINCE Mohammed bin Salman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, National Unity Party head Benny Gantz, and US President Joe Biden all stand to gain or lose around the issue of Israel-Saudi normalization.

US: 'Broad understandings' between Israel and Saudis on peace deal

"Many of the elements of a pathway to normalization are now on the table. We don't have a framework, we don't have the terms ready to be signed. There is still work to do," Sullivan said.

 WHITE HOUSE National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan briefs the media in Washington. The US believes that creating a bridge between Saudi Arabia and Israel is important for American national security.

NYT's Thomas Friedman is consistently wrong about Israel - opinion

Fool me once, fool me twice, fool me three times - you are Thomas Friedman. That is not normal, writes advisor to the prime minister Jonatan Urich.

 New York Times columnist, Thomas L. Friedman delivers his address after receiving his honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. June 3 2007

Iran fears Israel will soon normalize ties with more Muslim countries - analysis

Iran thinks that by ingratiating itself with countries like Saudi Arabia, it might set back the trend of normalization with Israel.

A man holds up a poster of the late Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani next to a burning Israeli flag as Iranians attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022

US: We don't expect imminent announcement of Israel-Saudi peace deal

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan: Recent calls do “not portend any imminent breakthrough or action with respect to the question of normalization."

 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, in October 2021.

'Don't be Netanyahu's idiot': US cannot gift Israel peace with Saudis - Friedman

Thomas Friedman to NYT: Netanyahu’s government “has to be stopped,” factions reminiscent of Ku Klux Klan.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden

UAE political analyst: How to achieve Saudi-Israel peace - opinion

Peace between Saudi Arabia and Israel hinges upon intricate strategic calculations by Saudi authorities.

 Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman attends the 18th consultative meeting of the leaders of the GCC & the Gulf summit with the central Asian countries C5, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 19, 2023.

Saudi deal won’t harm Israel, official says amid nuke fears

In Cyprus, Netanyahu focused on the economic benefits of such a deal explaining that it could create a new electricity coordinator that could link Europe with India via the Middle East.

 THE NEWEST Saudi lobbyist is the prime minister of Israel, says the writer.

Israel's foreign policy score plummets amid diplomatic blunders

"These findings make it possible to describe the 37th Knesset as a 'political minority government.'"

 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (not pictured) speak to reporters as part of Israel's efforts "to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons" in Berlin, Germany, February 28, 2023.

Saudi Arabia mulls continuing aid to Palestinians amid Israel deal talks

Palestinian leaders have been reticent about all such deals after having been taken by surprise by the 2020 Abraham Accords.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas before the start of the 29th Arab Summit in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia April 15, 2018