MBS Says He Would Recognize Israel Today, but 89-Year-Old King Salman Blocks Move
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Updated · The Jerusalem Post · May 25
MBS Says He Would Recognize Israel Today, but 89-Year-Old King Salman Blocks Move
4 articles · Updated · The Jerusalem Post · May 25
Mike Evans said Mohammed bin Salman told him in a two-hour meeting he was ready to recognize Israel immediately, but that King Salman remained the obstacle; the account was not independently verified.
Evans said MBS's brother and the Saudi foreign minister were present and voiced similar views, while the crown prince also criticized Palestinian leaders and rejected dividing Jerusalem into two capitals.
Donald Trump on Monday tied a possible Iran deal to a wider push for Arab and Muslim states to join the Abraham Accords, naming Saudi Arabia alongside Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and Bahrain.
Saudi recognition remains the biggest potential expansion of the 2020 accords, even as Riyadh has publicly linked normalization with Israel to progress on the Palestinian issue.
With Saudi public support for Israel at just 1%, is MBS's secret peace promise a political mirage?
Amid a devastating war with Iran, can expanding the Abraham Accords bring peace or just draw new battle lines?