Normalization

Majority of young American adults 'active in Hamas resistance,' Khaled Mashaal claims

Mashaal praised the "resistance" of youth on university campuses, and rejected Hamas disarmament as tantamount to "taking away our souls," in an interview with Al Jazeera on Wednesday.

A pro-Palestinian protester flies a "Free Palestine" flag an the Auraria Campus in Denver, Colodaro, May 14, 2024; illustrative.
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

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.

Israel's silence over US' F-35 deal with Saudi Arabia is strategy, not indifference - opinion

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ministers and MK's attend a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 10, 2025.

Netanyahu praises UNSC Gaza resolution vote, thanks US President Trump


US had staged plan for Palestinian statehood prior to October 7

White House downplays Biden’s claim of IDF indiscriminate Gaza bombing.

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas at PA headquarters in Ramallah.

Can climate change save Arab-Israeli normalization efforts? - opinion

Recognizing the mutual economic gains to be made from accelerating cooperation on clean energy and cleaning up fossil fuels could help to spur on Arab-Israeli normalization.

 THE COP28 insignia is on display in Abu Dhabi, ahead of the conference in the UAE, which gets underway at the end of this month.

Saudi Arabia still open to Israeli normalization deal, White House says

Efforts to reach a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia had reportedly been put on ice.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan meets with Saudi Arabian Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud in Washington, DC, US. October 30, 2023.

Saudi Arabia cautions US, Israel against destructive war in Gaza

Despite these concerns, American and Saudi officials seem to still believe a normalization agreement can be worked out, with many of the shared interests that pushed them together still there.

 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives U.S. President Joe Biden at Al Salman Palace upon his arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 15, 2022.

WATCH: Fmr. Saudi official: There are no heroes in Israel-Hamas war, only victims

The former Saudi ambassador said that Hamas's attack on Israeli civilians "belies Hamas's claims to an Islamic identity."

Former head of Saudi intelligence and current Saudi King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies Chairman Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud attends a close session meeting at the IISS Regional Security Summit - The Manama Dialogue in Manama, December 8, 2013

Nasrallah: Normalization with Israel is an assault on al-Aqsa

The leader of Hezbollah warned against al-Aqsa becoming "a Jewish synagogue."

 Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a rally marking Prophet Mohammed's birthday, in Beirut suburbs, Lebanon. October 2, 2023.

The Oslo Accords turned 30. Here’s how they’ll shape a Saudi-Israeli peace deal

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems to loom over the negotiations for a Saudi-Israeli normalization deal.

 PLO CHAIRMAN Yasser Arafat reaches to shake hands with prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, as US president Bill Clinton stands between them, after the signing of the Israeli-PLO peace accord, at the White House in Washington, on September 13, 1993.

Saudi envoy to Palestinians: Two-state solution 'central' to Israel deal

Saudi Arabia's first ambassador to the Palestinians announced that the Kingdom intends to open a consulate in east Jerusalem.

 Saudi ambassador Nayef al-Sudairi gestures as he visits Ramallah in the West Bank September 26, 2023.

In historic first, Israeli minister publicly visits Saudi Arabia

The visit to Saudi Arabia comes as Israel and Saudi Arabia continue efforts to reach a normalization agreement and as Saudi's Nayef Al-Sudairi is credentialed as ambassador to the PA.

Haim Katz.

Will Israel's peace deal with Saudi Arabia help Netanyahu regain support?

Any deal with the Saudis would not hinder the judicial reform protests that have been ongoing for the past few months, the poll also found.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, New York, US, September 22, 2023