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Why Israel and Saudi Arabia must pursue normalization despite tensions

There are plenty of reasons for Israel and Saudi Arabia to keep relations cool. The Saudis are demanding Israeli concessions to the Palestinians that Israel is not prepared to make right now, and US President Donald Trump sidelined Israel in his Mideast tour last week, while announcing that the US is selling Saudi Arabia a $142 billion arms package.Full normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be a historic turning point marking the end of the broader Arab-Israeli conflict – something Hamas considered so threatening that it inspired the terror group’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, according to recovered documents reported by The Wall Street Journal this week.But even if full normalization, as desirable as it ...

Jerusalem Post (Opinion)     May 24, 2025