Tag: Saudi Arabia
PA chief Abbas, senior Hamas officials in Saudi Arabia
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Tuesday.
The Fatah leader’s visit comes at the same time that a delegation from rival political...
Lindsey Graham: Normalization with Saudi Arabia possible by 2024
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Monday that a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia was achievable within a year, but warned that the window of opportunity was closing.
“We cannot afford to...
In Israel, Sen. Lindsey Graham discusses expansion of Abraham Accords
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) met with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Monday in Jerusalem, where the two men discussed expanding the Abraham Accords and addressing the Iranian threat.
The congressman is visiting the Jewish state after...
US needs ‘serious negotiators’ to normalize Israel-Saudi ties, experts say
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s request that the United States provide the Sunni Gulf country with ironclad security guarantees and civilian nuclear aid in exchange for normalizing relations with Israel is casting a new light on Washington’s...
Saudi Arabia blocks Israeli delegation from attending UN awards ceremony
Saudi Arabia has blocked a group of Israeli Muslims from attending a United Nations event being held in the Gulf Arab state.
The U.N. World Tourism Organization invited villagers from the Circassian town of Kfar...
China brokers an Iran-Saudi rapprochement
In a move on Friday that came as a surprise to some, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced renewed ties brokered by China, including the reopening of their respective embassies within two months. It came...
Netanyahu: Bringing Saudi Arabia into Abraham Accords would be ‘quantum leap’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night said he was actively courting Saudi Arabia in an effort to persuade it to join in the Abraham Accords as that would constitute a “quantum leap”...
Saudi Arabia shares intel with US on ‘imminent’ Iranian attack
Saudi Arabia has shared intelligence with the United States indicating that Iran is planning an “imminent” attack on the kingdom, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.
The U.S. National Security Council said in a statement on Tuesday...
IRGC chief warns Riyadh against ‘relying on Israel’
In an apparent reference to the strengthening ties between Israel and Gulf Arab governments, Tehran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency said on Thursday that Iranian officials had told Saudi Arabia’s leaders they should stop relying on Israel.
“This is...
Saudi social-media influencer: ‘Hope our nation will sign a peace treaty with Israel’
Saudi social-media influencer Mohammed Saud, who recently made both waves and friends by playing Israel’s national anthem “Hatikvah” on the oud, tells JNS that “Saudi Arabian citizens are starting to learn much more about the Jewish...