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


PA to return to Gaza, Saudi-normalization in Arab-American ‘day-after’ plan - report

According to the document received by Al-Ahkbar, the plan for the "day after" the war, which is divided into two stages.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 29, 2024.

Sen Graham to 'Post': Senate won't pass US-Saudi pact without Israeli normalization

The United States had moved rapidly in the early fall on a triad deal with Saudi Arabia. It included a defense pact between Washington and Riyadh, a normalization deal with Israel and Saudi Arabia.

US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on voting rights on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, April 20, 2021.

Israel to fight Hamas for many years, Saudi peace within reach, Gantz says

National Unity head: Elected officials' calls against hostages' families shame me • Saudi peace deal is within reach.

Benny Gantz holds a press conference at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, April 3, 2024

Blinken hints at 'extraordinary' opportunity for Israel-Saudi peace

"Virtually every Arab country now genuinely wants to integrate Israel" into the Middle East, Blinken told the Munich Security Conference.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken takes part in a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on February 17, 2024

Blinken: Ending Gaza war, two-state path needed for Saudi deal with Israel

The Saudis repeated that normalization required two things, Blinken said, “One, there needs to be calm in Gaza; two, there needs to be a clear and credible pathway to a Palestinian state."

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel February 7, 2024.

No peace talks with Israel without a two-state solution, Saudi Arabia says

The kingdom stated to affirm its steadfast position to Washington on the Palestinian issue in the light of the comments attributed to Kirby.

 SAUDI CROWN PRINCE Mohammed bin Salman: The US proposal would mobilize Saudi Arabia, moderate countries in the Gulf and the region, and all of the West behind Israel’s goal of having Hamas no longer rule Gaza, says the writer.

Saudi Arabia willing to make concessions on Palestinians for peace with Israel

Saudi officials have told their US counterparts that Riyadh would not insist Israel take concrete steps to create a Palestinian state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

Saudi Arabia-Israel peace cannot happen without path to Palestinian state - FM

De-escalation of the conflict in Gaza and halting civilian deaths is a key focus of Saudi Arabia, the minister said.

 (L-R) US President Joe Biden, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Saudi Arabia wants peace with Israel after Gaza war, envoy tells BBC

Saudi Arabian ambassador to the UK said to the BBC on Tuesday that his country is interested in normalization with Israel after the war, with one condition - the creation of a Palestinian State.

 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, June 7, 2023.

How can the US use the Gaza war to expand the Abraham Accords? - opinion

All of this is possible if the administration pursues a combined Marshall-NATO-like strategy in the Middle East.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu greets US Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and UAE’s Minister of State for Financial Affairs at Ben-Gurion Airport.