{"id":125931,"date":"2025-11-20T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=125931"},"modified":"2025-11-18T09:27:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:27:43","slug":"18-05-110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=125931","title":{"rendered":"Trump presses Riyadh to normalize ties with Israel: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jns-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/trump-presses-riyadh-to-normalize-ties-with-israel-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump presses Riyadh to normalize ties with Israel: report<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>JNS Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The U.S. president told Mohammed bin Salman he wants progress on a deal ahead of the crown prince\u2019s visit to the White House<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/me.jnsi.org\/uploads\/2025\/05\/496151493_122132886128723345_4244721634006841305_n-1320x880.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, also known as MBS, at the Royal Court Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Photo by Daniel Torok\/White House.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">U.S. President Donald Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that he expects the kingdom to normalize ties with Jerusalem now that Washington brokered a ceasefire in Gaza,&nbsp;<em>Axios<\/em>&nbsp;reported on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The conversation took place over the phone last month, following the Gaza peace summit that was held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Oct. 13, two U.S. officials were cited as saying under condition of anonymity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prince Mohammed is scheduled to meet with Trump in the White House on Tuesday, and the normalization issue is expected to be raised in the talks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Trump is also expected to pledge a defense pact with the Saudis, although not for a full-fledged treaty, the report continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cOur message to the Saudis is: \u2018We did all the things you asked for. Now, there are things President Trump wants, like normalization with Israel. So how are you guys going to move now in this direction?\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<em>Axios<\/em>&nbsp;quoted a senior U.S. official as saying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">However, the issue of a Palestinian state remains a large obstacle to formal relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Saudis are reportedly demanding an \u201cirreversible path\u201d toward statehood that would be part of a normalization deal, which the government in Jerusalem strongly opposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">According to the report, the Trump administration views the Gaza ceasefire and potential Palestinian Authority reforms as creating conditions for \u201ca credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood, which we recognize as the aspiration of the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Trump\u2019s advisers are urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to \u201clook at the bigger picture\u201d of a peace deal with Riyadh, attainable by going through with Trump\u2019s peace plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">On Saturday evening, Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar tweeted in Hebrew that normalization with Saudi is \u201cIsrael\u2019s top national interest and will change the future of the Middle East for generations to come.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">He added that a deal must uphold \u201cthe principles vital to Israel without recognizing a Palestinian state that would endanger our security.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cIsrael as a security superpower operating together with the Gulf powers\u2014that is the great nightmare of Israel\u2019s enemies,\u201d Zohar wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Earlier this month, the&nbsp;<em>Israel Hayom<\/em>&nbsp;newspaper reported that Israel and Saudi Arabia were expected to begin direct negotiations to lay the groundwork for establishing normalization, with mediation and support from the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The talks were to involve Trump adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and a small Israeli team, Saudi Ambassador to Washington Reema bint Bandar Al Saud and Prince Mohammed\u2019s close advisers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/ron-dermer-resigns-as-israels-strategic-affairs-minister\/\">Dermer<\/a>&nbsp;resigned from his position as minister on Nov. 11, effective Nov. 13, but he will remain involved in efforts to expand the Abraham Accords, and he will operate as a special envoy for Netanyahu.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; 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