2024-02-06 18:27:28
At a press conference in the United States today (Tuesday), the spokesman for the national security of the White House said, John Kirbythat the Biden administration “received positive feedback” from Saudi Arabia and Israel to continue holding talks and discussions about normalization between them.
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Kirby also said regarding the deal that is taking shape for the release of the abductees: “I don’t want to expand on where each party is in terms of final approval. We hope that we can close very soon.” American Secretary of State Anthony Blinken: “Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has confirmed that he is interested in normalization with Israel after the war.”
As for the normalization discussions with Saudi Arabia, we recall that a week ago, it was reported on the “Bloomberg” website that the Arab country resumed talks with the US on “creating close defense ties”, after these were stopped following the war in Gaza. According to the report, the talks took place earlier this month in Al- Ola in Saudi Arabia, between the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia and the Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman and between American senators, whom we also discussed in the previous debate in which there was talk of an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
We will remind that the agreement with Saudi Arabia is within the framework of the “Abraham Agreements” that were signed about three years ago. However, before the war, “Maariv” received the defense establishment’s position regarding what was happening behind the scenes in order to forge a historic agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, which was to be signed in the following months. The doubts in the security system is that they were not convinced that the Saudi nuclear program, which includes uranium enrichment, would remain in the civilian sphere only.
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However, the talks between Saudi Arabia and Israel heated up – probably to Iran’s dismay, and the Saudi crown prince even gave an interview to Fox News at the end of last September and said that “with every passing time – we are getting closer to normalization with Israel.”
Recall that before the war, the Saudi foreign minister, Faisal bin Farkhan Al Saud, said in an interview with local television that the agreement will only happen if a Palestinian state is established: “People have begun to lose hope in the two-state solution, but we want through efforts to bring it back to the forefront.” Also regarding the issue, after the war some of the countries that are signatories to the agreement, including the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, and Morocco – published a joint statement of condemnation for the violation of humanitarian law in Gaza.
In the meantime, it was reported in the Kaan 11 news that officials in the American administration conveyed a message to Israel that in a few weeks it will be difficult to promote normalization with Saudi Arabia. The Biden administration said: “The election reduces the chance of Republicans supporting normalization and the ‘price’ that the US will have to pay: a defense alliance and a civilian nuclear program. Things that will also require the support of Republican lawmakers.” According to the report, the assessment in the US is that Trump will create difficulties for normalization with Saudi Arabia – for fear that it will be considered an achievement for Biden.
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