Posts Tagged: Saudis Israel
A Week to Celebrate in the Middle East, as Israel and the World Look Forward
Mark Twain once said, “All generalizations are false, including this one.” Well, I wonder what Twain would have made of Raphael Patai’s 1973 book, The...
How Far Will Israel Go for Normalization with Saudi Arabia?
In recent weeks, talk of progress in the normalization process between Israel and Saudi Arabia, with American mediation, has resurfaced in the media. The discourse on...
Defense Reforms May Be the Key to US-Saudi Relations
Saudi Arabia’s little touted effort to overhaul its defense and national security architecture may be the United States’ best bet to rebuild relations with the...
Formal Relations Between Israel and Saudi Arabia: A Question of ‘When,’ Not ‘If’
As a wave of normalization agreements between Israel and Arab Sunni states have swept the region, many have asked when regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia will...
Saudi Arabia and Israel: Who Needs Whom?
The relationship between Israel and Saudi Arabia has been warming up for some time. Both countries were alarmed by what their respective governments saw as...
Israel’s Alliance with the Sunni World Is Unreliable and Unstable
JNS.org - In recent weeks, officials in Israel, the United States, and the Arab world have been more outspoken about an emerging alliance between Israel...
The Saudis Are Playing a Double Game on Israel
JNS.org - Saudi Arabia and Israel do not maintain official relations, but by the time Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah published the Arab Peace Initiative in 2002,...
Saudi Religious Diplomacy Targets Jerusalem
A United Arab Emirates-backed Saudi effort to wrest control of Islam’s holy places in Jerusalem from Jordan signals a sharper, more overt edge to Saudi...
Saudi Moderation? Prince Mohammed Is on Shaky Ground
No doubt, Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s recent reforms in Saudi Arabia have benefited women and created social opportunity with the introduction of modern forms of...
Is the Saudi Crown Prince Becoming a Friend of Israel?
I recently called on Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS) to shock the world by recognizing the state of Israel. Six days later, MBS...
The Saudis Exit the Conflict With Israel, but the Palestinians Remain
JNS.org - Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman made history by telling The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg that his country recognizes the Jews' right to “their own land.” Though he added...
Saudi Crown Prince Should Electrify World by Recognizing Israel
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) came to Washington last week to meet President Donald Trump, and was lauded for many of the reforms...
Saudi Arabia: A Kingdom In Retreat
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which was once at the front and center of the Arab world and a significant player on the global stage...
