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Saudi Arabia may recognize Israel if the Palestinian issue is resolved

2024-01-16 20:56:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Saudi Arabia may recognize Israel if the Palestinian issue is resolved

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Tuesday that the kingdom could recognize Israel if a comprehensive deal was reached, which would include the creation of a Palestinian state.

"We agree that regional peace includes peace for Israel, but that can only happen through peace for the Palestinians, through a Palestinian state," Prince Faisal bin Farhan said during his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Asked if Saudi Arabia would then recognize Israel as part of a broader political agreement, he replied: "Of course."

After the war began last October between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas that rules Gaza, Saudi Arabia "frozen" US-backed plans for the kingdom to normalize ties with Israel, quickly revising diplomatic priorities, two said. sources with knowledge of Riyadh's stance.

The two sources told the Reuters news agency that there will be delays in US-backed talks on normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel, seen as a key step in achieving what the Saudi kingdom is demanding in return, a defense agreement with the United States.

Before October 7, when Iran-backed Hamas fighters launched an attack on southern Israel, Israeli and Saudi leaders had signaled that they were making steady progress toward establishing diplomatic relations that could have changed the Middle East.





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