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Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah delivers an address, Oct. 2, 2023. Credit: Screenshot.

Hezbollah: Muslim world must condemn those that normalize ties with Israel

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Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday evening that Muslim countries that normalize ties with Israel "must be condemned," Iranian state media reported on Tuesday. "Any country that signs a normalization agreement must be...
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Source: Screenshot.

Pompeo optimistic about potential of Israeli-Saudi normalization

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Perhaps unsurprisingly, Mike Pompeo believes that normalization between Jerusalem and Riyadh would be “more easily attainable with a Republican president.” Still, Pompeo, who has led both the CIA and the U.S. State Department, feels optimistic that the...
Israeli Tourism Minister Haim Katz ahead of the opening session of a U.N. World Tourism Organization gathering in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 27, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

Israeli Cabinet member receives warm welcome in Riyadh

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An Israeli delegation led by Tourism Minister Haim Katz received a warm, public welcome in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday during the opening session of a U.N. World Tourism Organization gathering. "There is a delegation here...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sept. 27, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Netanyahu: The ’diplomatic tsunami’ is in Israel’s favor

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, opening the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday, touted his government's diplomatic achievements at last week's U.N. General Assembly session. "If they talked about a diplomatic tsunami, I'm telling...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, June 7, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Blinken: Israel-Saudi deal ‘cannot be a substitute’ for two-state solution

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia could not come at the expense of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Speaking on the...
Sen. Lindsey Graham, joined by then-President Donald Trump, welcomes the national champion Clemson University Tigers football team to the White House, Jan. 14, 2019. Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian/The White House.

GOP leaders push Trump to back Biden’s Saudi deal

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) recently urged former President Donald Trump to back the efforts of the Biden administration to negotiate an Israel-Saudi normalization agreement, saying it would transcend partisan politics. “I told President Trump this...
Narendra Modi (with outstretched arms), Indian prime minister, announces a new economic corridor connecting India, the Middle East and Europe as U.S. President Joe Biden (hand to his chin) at the G20 meeting in New Delhi on Sept. 9, 2023. Credit: PBS NewsHour/YouTube screen capture.

Washington, Jerusalem divided on latter’s role in new ‘economic corridor’

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The Biden administration announced what it called a “landmark” economic corridor between India, the Middle East and Europe at the G20 summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9. The corridor will “stimulate economic development through...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo by Mohammed Younos/Shutterstock.

Israeli officials make first public appearance in Riyadh

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An Israeli delegation attended a meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Riyadh on Monday, marking the first public appearance by Israeli officials in Saudi Arabia. "We are happy to be...
Acting U.S. Ambassador Stephanie Hallett, Bahraini Ambassador Khaled Yousif al-Jalahma and Start-Up Nation Central CEO Avi Hasson at the Start-Up Nation Central offices in Tel Aviv, Sept. 7, 2023. Photo by Yam Lavi.

US diplomat: Normalization with Israel a clear Saudi interest

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A peace deal with Israel is a clear Saudi interest and will likely lead to further accords with additional Muslim countries, the acting American ambassador to Israel said Thursday. The remarks by Stephanie Hallett, the...
U.S. President Donald Trump, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyani sign the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. Credit: White House/Tia Dufour.

Kushner urges Trump to support Saudi-Israel deal

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Jared Kushner is urging Donald Trump to support the Biden administration's push for Saudi-Israel normalization to cement the former president's Middle East legacy, Axios reports. Kushner, who served as senior White House adviser to his father-in-law, Trump, was a...