Israel and saudi arabia

Israel should focus on shaping, not judging, Trump's nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia - analysis

If Washington moves ahead with a Saudi nuclear deal, Israel's challenge shifts from trying to stop it to shaping its final terms to protect its security interests.

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman look at portraits at the "Presidential Walk of Fame" in the Colonnade at the White House in Washington, DC, November 18, 2025.
President Isaac Herzog speaks at a conference in Herzliya, June 30, 2026.

Herzog, Saudi official interviews revive Saudi-Israel ties amid Iran strikes on Gulf - analysis

 Saudi Arabia's national flag is seen at the Khoba frontline border with Yemen

Saudi media ramps up anti-Israel rhetoric, dimming normalization hopes - report

Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman waves as he departs following a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 18, 2025.

New Saudi F-35s can be first step to normalization, but Israel must be cautious - opinion


What could a Saudi perspective on the Israel-Hamas war look like? - opinion

Saudi Arabia and Israel have many shared interests, chief among them the struggle against radical Islam propagated by groups such as ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood.

 SAUDI CROWN Prince Mohammed Bin Salman welcomes Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas at a China-Arab summit in Riyadh last year.

Blinken holds 'productive' meeting with Saudi crown prince on Israel

He has visited Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, meeting senior leaders and officials, in order to discuss Hamas.

 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on, as U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured) speaks about the conflict in Israel, after Hamas launched its biggest attack in decades, while making a statement about the crisis, at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 7, 2023

Riyadh's trial balloons may be intended to be noted

BEHIND THE LINES: The supposed “progressives” in the Biden administration are the ones who are cleaving to older ideas, while the “conservatives” in Riyadh are looking to move beyond them.

 NAYEF AL-SUDAIRI, Saudi Arabia’s first-ever ambassador to the Palestinian Authority (right), listens to PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, during their meeting in Ramallah, last week

Saudi-Israel normalization would transform Middle East - opinion

For Israel, normalization with Saudi Arabia has enormous implications for normalizing Israel’s relationship with Muslim-majority countries in the region and internationally.

 Flags of Saudi Arabia and Israel stand together in a kitchen staging area as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds meetings at the State Department in Washington, US, October 14, 2021.

Iran facing a battle to stop Middle East normalization with Israel - analysis

In a speech by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he claimed any countries that would normalize with Israel were “betting on a losing horse.”

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

West Bank's Area C 'integral to State of Palestine' - PA prime minister

PA Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh warned his cabinet that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government was working to "annex" Area C.

A Jewish settler walks past Israeli settlement construction sites around Givat Zeev and Ramat Givat Zeev in the West Bank, near Jerusalem June 30, 2020.

Netanyahu's speech at the UN General Assembly - what he didn't say - opinion

Netanyahu might well have seized the opportunity of his address on the world stage to defuse this matter among the others.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly in New York, last month

Saudi Arabia's peace with Israel hinges on NATO-style defense pact with US

Washington could also sweeten any deal by designating Saudi Arabia a Major Non-NATO Ally, a status already given to Israel, the US source said.

 US and Saudi Arabian forces conduct a closing ceremony for Exercise Friendship and Iron Hawk 14 on April 14th, 2014, near Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Israel must follow a winding road to Riyadh

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Can Netanyahu get to a normalization deal with Saudi Arabia, make concessions to the Palestinians, and keep his coalition intact?

 TOURISM MINISTER Haim Katz poses for a photograph during his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia this week.

Pompeo: Two-state solution blocks Saudi-Israel peace deal

The former secretary of state said peace is more likely under a Republican president.

Secretary Mike Pompeo in Jerusalem