Since the war began, Saudi officials have returned to specific calls for a substantive Israeli-Palestinian peace process and for the creation of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
Despite the escalating violence, it appears that American and Saudi officials are holding on to hopes of a normalization deal with Israel.
Senators said they left Riyadh with the impression that Saudi leaders would still like to recognize Israel when the right moment arrives.
Prince Mohammed launched a disastrous Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen in 2015 aiming to oust the Iran-backed Houthi rebels who nonetheless remain firmly in power there.
It merely said that, although tensions persisted between Israel and the Palestinians, the Biden administration had “de-escalated crises in Gaza.”
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