JERUSALEM POST
In Saudi Arabia, signs of an effort to break the Israel taboo
by Michael Wilner and Herb Keinon
August 30, 2016

Saudi state-run media appears to be softening its reporting on Israel, running unprecedented columns floating the prospect of direct relations, quoting Israeli officials and filling its newsholes with fewer negative stories on Israel’s relationship with the Palestinians. The public shift – from outlets such as al-Arabiya and Riyadh newspaper, among other local or state-owned outlets – reflects secret, undert the-table contact between the Arab kingdom and the Jewish state that has been a work in progress for years. READ MORE