Saudi FM says ties with Israel will benefit region

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Saudi FM says ties with Israel will benefit region
AFPPublished April 3, 2021 - Updated about 2 hours ago
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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan speaks during a news conference in Riyadh on March 22. — AP/File
RIYADH: Normalisation with Israel would bring “tremendous benefit” to the Middle East region, the Saudi foreign minister said on Friday. But such an accord would depend on progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, he added.
Under the “Abraham Accords” brokered by former US president Donald Trump last year, four Arab countries -- the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan -- agreed to normalise ties with the Jewish state.
But Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Thursday that any deal with Saudi Arabia was “very much dependent on progress with the peace process”.
“I think normalising Israel’s status within the region would bring tremendous benefit to the region as a whole,” he said during an interview with CNN.
“It would be extremely helpful both economically but also socially and from a security perspective.”
Saudi Arabia has repeatedly affirmed its decades-old policy of not establishing formal ties with Israel until a deal is reached to resolve the conflict with the Palestinians.
But mutual concern over Iran has gradually brought Israel and Gulf countries closer, and Riyadh has quietly been building relations with the Jewish state for several years.
Reports in November that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held secret talks in Saudi Arabia fuelled speculation that a normalisation accord could be in the making. Riyadh, however, denied the meeting had taken place.
Published in Dawn, April 3rd, 2021

 

[Ali_Baba]

Is it still April's fools ???????????????????????

 

[Trango Towers]

Is it still April's fools ???????????????????????

Nope..

Just fools

 

[Protest_again]

Come on even Saudi Arabia? What will Imran do? I think he'll take a UTurn.

 

[Trango Towers]

Come on even Saudi Arabia? What will Imran do? I think he'll take a UTurn.

Well at least imram does something
What will YOU DO? NOTHING AS USUAL

 

[mudas777]

Is it still April's fools ???????????????????????

Naaa its born fools and stays fools from there nappies days. Stuck in the fools day and fools paradise.

 

[raptor22]

But mutual concern over Iran has gradually brought Israel and Gulf countries closer, and Riyadh has quietly been building relations with the Jewish state for several years.​

As far as I know .. these lovebirds started their relations years ago and have just made it public ... therefore mutual concern over Iran is just a bullshit excuse for public consumption ..
Countries with principles would not hand out their values over some concerns unless first they don't have any principles or it was just for PR ...
Extremely helpful both economically or bring tremendous benefit to the region as a whole is another bullshit .. how cooperation between Binsaw and Bibi could benefit the region?

 

[hussain0216]

Zionist Arabs

 

[T-SaGe]

Countries always pursue their interests. War and peace; partnership and competition are the consequences of this, not its causes.

Some are adept at basing these interests on moral reasons, others are not.

 

[Robbie]

Excellent! Hope KSA and Israel formalize their relations soon.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

KSA won't recognize Israel until MBS is king.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Come on even Saudi Arabia? What will Imran do? I think he'll take a UTurn.

He will have good example of KSA to sell to people and Mullahs will run out of gas which runs on Saudi money. same Mullah will then recount how beneficial it is to be freinds with Israel.

 

[Menace2Society]

Problem is you think too much of them. They have no concept of morality, they never did. Whatever pedestel you have them on, knock it down, its not deserved.

 

[denel]

Problem is you think too much of them. They have no concept of morality, they never did. Whatever pedestel you have them on, knock it down, its not deserved.

That habibi.... let him walk thru a security post and see the aparthied policy at play.

IDF soldiers are under clear directive - If you are a Muslim no matter what nationality; you fall into category of treatment of palestinian. I would love to see this false ruler habib brought down to the ground to the same denominator they treat others like.

My point on Isreal is clear - Zionists are far worse than Aparthied architects. Their policies need to change.

 

[The SC]

But mutual concern over Iran has gradually brought Israel and Gulf countries closer, and Riyadh has quietly been building relations with the Jewish state for several years.​

As far as I know .. these lovebirds started their relations years ago and have just made it public ... therefore mutual concern over Iran is just a bullshit excuse for public consumption ..
Countries with principles would not hand out their values over some concerns unless first they don't have any principles or it was just for PR ...
Extremely helpful both economically or bring tremendous benefit to the region as a whole is another bullshit .. how cooperation between Binsaw and Bibi could benefit the region?

"Countries with principles would not hand out their values over some concerns unless first they don't have any principles or it was just for PR ..."

Very well said about Iran..

Go read the Iran-gate affair..