Saudi-Israel normalization means greater Middle East repression, experts say
Umar Farooq
Middle East Eye / September 26, 2023
Experts say that push to normalize relations between the two countries runs counter to US goal of promoting democracy across the world.
The potential normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel would lead to a greater state of autocracy and repression in...
Palestinian Authority welcomes first Saudi ambassador to Palestine
Al-Jazeera / September 26, 2023
Appointment of the non-resident Saudi envoy to Palestine hailed as a ‘historic milestone for relations between the two countries’.
The first Saudi ambassador to Palestine, Nayef al-Sudairi, has presented his credentials to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Al-Sudairi and his accompanying delegation arrived in the...
Arab normalization with Israel encourages it to storm Al-Aqsa: Hamas
Middle East Monitor / September 26, 2023
Arab normalization with the Israeli occupation is allowing and encouraging it to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque continuously, the head of Hamas abroad said yesterday.
Khaled Meshaal said in press remarks that during Jewish holidays the occupation seeks to impose new realities in preparation...
Israel normalization: Saudi Arabia wants ‘Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as capital’
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / September 26, 2023
In the first official Saudi visit to Palestine since the Oslo Accords in 1993, Ambassador Nayef al-Sudairi seeks to win Palestinian backing for normalization with Israel.
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Jordan, Nayef al-Sudairi, has said that the kingdom is "working towards...
Saudi envoy links Israel normalization talks to land-for-peace offer
Middle East Monitor / September 26, 2023
Saudi Arabia’s first Ambassador to the Palestinians described a decades-old Arab land-for-peace offer on Tuesday as a pillar of any normalization of ties with Israel, an apparent attempt to signal that Riyadh has not abandoned the Palestinian cause, Reuters reports. Expectations of a landmark US-brokered Saudi-Israeli deal...
More than half of Americans oppose a defence pact with Saudi Arabia, poll says
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / September 26, 2023
Human rights activists warn that defence agreement could embolden Saudi Arabia and lead other Gulf states to seek US security pledges.
More than half of American voters oppose a defence pact with Saudi Arabia that would commit the US to send...
Saudi-Israel normalization in exchange for nuclear arsenal ?
Mohammad Makram Balawi
Middle East Monitor / September 26, 2023
Since Benjamin Netanyahu assumed the presidency of the new Israeli government, US President Joe Biden has refrained from inviting him to visit the White House due to tensions between the two following the rise of the far-right religious government...
Israeli tourism minister becomes first to make public visit to Saudi Arabia
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / September 26, 2023
Haim Katz arrives in Riyadh for UN summit amid normalization efforts between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Israel’s tourism minister, Haim Katz, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to attend the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) conference, marking the first time an Israeli...
Ain al-Hilweh: Joint security forces deployed in Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
Middle East Monitor / September 26, 2023
A joint Palestinian security force has been deployed in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon in an effort to quell rising tensions.
The force was deployed yesterday in the areas of Al-Safsaf, Al-Ras al-Ahmar, Al-Tiri and Al-Buraq Central, which...
When will Israel seek forgiveness for its crimes against Palestinians ?
Gideon Levy
Middle East Eye / September 26, 2023
Over the weekend, Israel marked Yom Kippur when it is supposed to atone for its collective sins. Yet Israel never thinks to ask for forgiveness from its biggest victims: the Palestinians.
These lines are being written in Tel Aviv on Yom...
