Saudi israeli relations

Could Iran's Khamenei feel threatened enough to strike Israel? - analysis

Between domestic dysfunction and Middle East geopolitics, could the Islamic Republic use Israel to rally the nation?

|ByALEX WINSTON
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appears among his supporters for the first time since the Iran-Israel war, in Tehran, Iran. June 26, 2025.
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

The peace agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia is more or less written, and the only remaining question is timing. 

|ByELAD ISRAELI
SAUDI FOREIGN Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud addresses the UN General Assembly in New York last month.

Trump 'understands very well' risks of West Bank annexation by Israel, Saudi says

Trump met leaders and officials from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia and Pakistan on Tuesday to discuss the nearly two-year-long war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

|ByREUTERS
The United States’ comments that an expansion of the Abraham Accords is near has led to whispers Saudi Arabia could be next to sign an agreement with Israel.

Could Saudi Arabia be next piece of Abraham Accords puzzle? - analysis

Trump’s senior adviser and Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said: “Very soon, we expect to hear many announcements related to the expansion of the Abraham Accords.”

|ByALEX WINSTON

Saudi journalists support Israel over Hamas in latest battles

"Our hearts are with you. May Allah protect Israel and its people," wrote Abd Al-Hamid Al-Hakim, former director of the Middle East Center for Strategic and Legal Studies in Jeddah.

MAY 7, 2019ByZACK EVANS
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman talks with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 9, 2018

Saudi foreign minister who confronted Iran is out in Riyadh shakeup

Jubeir has rarely appeared in recent months during the unfolding crises, and appears to have been restrained by the Kingdom in responding.

DECEMBER 28, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir speaks at a briefing with reporters at the Saudi Embassy in London, Britain

Former Qatari prime minister: Israelis have a right to live in their land

Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani joins an increasing number of Middle Eastern leaders expressing support for Israel's right to exist.

APRIL 5, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani speaks during a news conference at Wajbah Palace, in Doha March 5, 2013.

Saudi Arabia hopes US will not recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel

"The recognition will have very serious implications and will be provocative to all Muslims' feelings."

DECEMBER 5, 2017ByREUTERS
A view of the Western Wall plaza, the Dome of the Rock and the top of Al Aksa Mosque in Jerusalem.

Inside The Prospective Israel-Saudi Arabia Rapprochement

Recent events suggest the Muslim kingdom and the Jewish State may be headed for normalization

DECEMBER 2, 2017ByIAN MAY/THE MEDIA LINE
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi minister calls out Hezbollah, says Israeli-Palestinian peace deal 'not rocket science'

Jubeir: "Seventy percent of the settlers who are on the Green Line remain in Israel, and the other 30 percent - you offer them compensation and work out housing, and they can move to Israel."

DECEMBER 1, 2017ByREUTERS
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir speaks at a briefing with reporters at the Saudi Embassy in London, Britain

Shifting positions, Palestinians no longer Saudis' top priority

Some Saudis regret all the years their country boycotted Israel on behalf of the Palestinians who “don't appreciate Saudi efforts and help.”

NOVEMBER 30, 2017ByDIMA ABUMARIA/ THE MEDIA LINE
Mahmoud Abbas with Saudi King Salman.

Saudi Arabian pundits take to social media praising Israel

Other Saudi thought leaders spoke up about the true enemy of their state.

NOVEMBER 27, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Two Saudi Arabian tourists, clad in their traditional clothes, walk besides a shop that sells Lebanese gadgets in the market of Zahle village in the Bekaa valley in east Lebanon.

Castles in the sand

The Saudi crown prince’s reformist ambitions bring to mind the precedents of post-Shogun Japan, post-Ottoman Turkey and post-Mao China – with a few exceptions, some potentially fateful.

NOVEMBER 21, 2017ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde attend the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, on October 24

Analysis: What does historic Saudi-Russia meeting mean for Israel?

Will Moscow heed Israel and Saudi Arabia’s concerns about Iran in the region?

OCTOBER 9, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Saudi Arabia's King Salman attend a welcoming ceremony ahead of their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia October 5, 2017.