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Trump Presses Riyadh to Normalize Ties With Israel

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, Axios reported on Thursday.

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.

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.

Trump is also expected to pledge a defense pact with the Saudis, although not for a full-fledged treaty, the report continued.

“Our message to the Saudis is: ‘We 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?’” Axios quoted a senior U.S. official as saying.

However, the issue of a Palestinian state remains a large obstacle to formal relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

The Saudis are reportedly demanding an “irreversible path” toward statehood that would be part of a normalization deal, which the government in Jerusalem strongly opposes.

According to the report, the Trump administration views the Gaza ceasefire and potential Palestinian Authority reforms as creating conditions for “a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood, which we recognize as the aspiration of the Palestinian people.”

Trump’s advisers are urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “look at the bigger picture” of a peace deal with Riyadh, attainable by going through with Trump’s peace plan.

On Saturday evening, Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar tweeted in Hebrew that normalization with Saudi is “Israel’s top national interest and will change the future of the Middle East for generations to come.”

He added that a deal must uphold “the principles vital to Israel without recognizing a Palestinian state that would endanger our security.

“Israel as a security superpower operating together with the Gulf powers—that is the great nightmare of Israel’s enemies,” Zohar wrote.

Earlier this month, the Israel Hayom 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.

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’s close advisers.

Dermer 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.

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Israel fears losing air force edge after Saudi F-35 sale

Israel could lose its qualitative edge as having the most advanced air force technology in the Middle East if the Trump administration proceeds with a proposed sale of dozens of advanced F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia.

“If Saudi Arabia indeed joins the select club that holds the American stealth fighter, the implication is not just another advanced jet in the region; it is a change in the basis of the balance of power,” wrote Aharon Lapidot, an Israeli Air Force analyst and expert, in the Hebrew-language outlet Israel Hayom.

Lapidot emphasized that Israel is concerned “not because Saudi Arabia is an enemy state,” noting that the Gulf kingdom is “seen as a potential strategic partner.”

Still, Jerusalem believes that “the qualitative advantage is a resource that must be maintained over time, especially in a region where the balance of alliances can change in a few years, if not months.”

Last Friday, President Donald Trump said his upcoming meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman would focus on Riyadh normalizing relations with Israel and the jet sale.

Numerous media reports have indicated that Jerusalem is pressuring Washington to condition the sale on Saudi Arabia’s formal recognition of the Jewish state.

“I hope that Saudi Arabia will be going into the Abraham Accords fairly shortly,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

Speaking to Axios, an Israeli official said, “Unlike the supply of F-35s to Turkey that we strongly oppose, we are less concerned about such weapons systems in Saudi Arabia if it’s part of a regional security cooperation as part of the Abraham Accords, like we have with the United Arab Emirates.”

Concerns, however, extend beyond Israel. Earlier in November, The New York Times reported that some Pentagon officials were worried about the deal due to Saudi Arabia’s close ties with China.

Those officials fear that if the sale moves forward, China could obtain critical technology from the F-35s sold to the Gulf kingdom.