Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Riyadh … News Time
Israeli media have reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has left for Saudi Arabia for a secret meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This will be the first meeting between senior Israeli and Saudi officials, according to the Associated Press (AP). Hebrew-language media quoted an unnamed Israeli official as saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for the Saudi city of Newem on Sunday, accompanied by UC Cohen, head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. Where he met Muhammad bin Salman, where the Crown Prince was present to meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The Israeli prime minister’s office did not respond to requests for comment. Mike Pompeo traveled with a delegation of the American press during his trip to the Middle East, but when he went to meet the Crown Prince, he left the delegation at Newem Airport. Where Bahrain, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates have reached agreements under the Trump administration to normalize relations with Israel Saudi Arabia has refused to comment.
Saudi King Salman has long supported the Palestinians in their quest for an independent state, but analysts and insiders believe that his 35-year-old son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, may be involved in the peace process. The idea of normalizing relationships without much progress has come to the fore. The state had approved the use of Saudi airspace for Israeli flights to the United Arab Emirates. The decision came as Jared Kishner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh. The normalization of Bahrain’s relations with Israel would at least reflect the ideology of Saudi Arabia, which is dependent on the island nation of Bahrain, Riyadh.
It should be noted that after the establishment of relations between Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates with Israel in August and September, the United States had urged Saudi Arabia, the most important country in the Muslim world, to restore relations with Israel. In August, Jared Kishner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump and a White House adviser, said it would be in Saudi Arabia’s interest to normalize relations with Israel, as the UAE did. Also in October, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel, which would make it easier for other Gulf States to establish relations with Israel. After meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, Pompeo said that our common goal is peace and security in the region.
