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?

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

 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

 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


Report: Arab states offer Israel improved ties in exchange for peace concessions

Israel would be expected to freeze settlement construction as part of steps toward normalizing ties.

A meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh [File]

There are no alliances in the Middle East

Commentators, government officials and the media, especially those from the West, like neat, clean stories of alliances. This is a historical bias.

THE SHADOWS of men walking are seen in front of graffiti depicting relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia in Cairo last year

Analysis: Is Israeli-Saudi peace a realistic proposition?

Israeli leaders have hinted at improving ties with the Saudis and their Gulf neighbors, but the Saudis may be no less devious or subversive than their Iranian rivals.

Netanyahu and Saudi King Salman

Amid refugee ban, Trump recruits Saudis, Emiratis to support Syria safe zones

In their call, Trump also expressed his view that an international nuclear agreement brokered with Iran in 2015 should be "rigorously enforced."

People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria.

Analysis: Saudi lobbyist’s call for alliance with Israel fuels angry response

Last month, Palestinians were left wondering, as a Saudi newspaper took Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s side in a dispute with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Netanyahu and Saudi King Salman

In Saudi Arabia, signs of an effort to break the Israel taboo

Softer media reporting "is a sign there is less enmity," says one Israeli official.

Netanyahu and Saudi King Salman

'Saudi and Persian Gulf states share Israel's concerns about Iran hegemony'

Gold: Arab leaders are “laying out a case against Iranian actions, and we are seeing it expressed over and over by Arab leaders.”

Thousand of Basij soldiers stage mock seige of Temple Mount in Iran

Former Israeli minister: Israel-Saudi peace ‘in the cards’

Rabbi Michael Melchior said the day when Israelis can travel to Saudi Arabia is “in the cards and it will, as we say Inshallah, ‘with god’s help,’ happen very soon.”

Netanyahu and Saudi King Salman

Does Nasrallah have a reason to fear strengthening Israeli-Saudi ties?

The Hezbollah leader has an interest in exaggerating Israeli-Saudi relations.

Netanyahu and Saudi King Salman

Ex-Saudi general issues scathing critique of Palestinian terror groups

Eshki posited that PIJ and Hamas leaders have a flawed understanding of normalization.

Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas' armed wing, take part in a rally in Gaza City