According to Haaretz, Israel and Saudi Arabia have made progress in their negotiations to normalize the ties. According to the report, the normalization may have something to do with a shaky truce agreement that would halt Israel’s assault on Gaza Strip. The two parties decided that Israel would provide a nebulous pledge on a route towards an independent Palestinian state, according to sources with knowledge of the discussions. Tel Aviv was initially urged to accept Saudi Arabia’s proposal that a Palestinian state be recognized.
An Axios journalist, nevertheless, quoted a Saudi authority who refuted the allegation. According to the Saudi source, nothing like a achievement had occurred. “The notion that the kingdom’s leadership has somehow modified its longstanding commitment to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state is equally baseless,” the same official said.
According to him, the government of Saudi Arabia would keep up its attempts to put a stop to the conflict in Gaza and assist the Palestinians in realizing their constitutional entitlement to a sovereign nation.
The de-facto ruler of Saudi Arabia has publicly called Israel’s conduct in Gaza an act of genocide. Bin Salman stated that the establishment of a Palestinian country with East Jerusalem as its capital is a prerequisite for Saudi rapprochement with Israel.
The Saudi leader, nonetheless, has absolutely no stake in the official acknowledgment of a Palestinian independence, according to individuals with direct relations with Benjamin Netanyahu. According to the source, all he needs is advancement on the matter to gain indigenous political as well as religious approval for the agreement.
A separate article in The Atlantic follows suit in the Haaretz piece. Mohammed bin Salman reportedly informed Antony Blinken that his government is not particularly concerned with what he called the Palestine question, according to the Atlantic.
Gaza Negotiations
US administration under the current president has been unsuccessfully attempting to negotiate a normalization deal between Riyadh and Tel Aviv for many years. Biden doesn’t have much time to finalize what might have been a historic international agreement because Donald Trump will take his office in a month.
The Haaretz article emerges indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas are on the way to a truce agreement in Gaza. A “new dynamic” has formed in the negotiations, according to a Palestinian official yesterday. He refuted claims made by Israeli and American media outlets that the Palestinian side had given up on its main requirements. A lasting truce, the complete evacuation of Israeli forces, and the repatriation of all those evacuated to their original locations are demands made by Hamas.
According to sources who spoke to Reuters, a deal is anticipated to be inked in the next few days. There were significant and productive conversations taking place in Qatar, according to a brief announcement from Hamas. It appears that a compromise might be conceivable if Israel ceased adding additional demands.
