ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Saudi king links normalization with Israel with Palestinian statehood
by Reuters and ILH staff
September 7, 2020
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has informed US President Donald Trump there would be no normalizations with Israel without Palestinian statehood, the kingdom’s state news agency reported on Monday. The leaders spoke by phone following a historic US-brokered accord last month under which the United Arab Emirates agreed to become the third Arab state to normalize ties with Israel after Egypt and Jordan…Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam and site of its holiest shrines, has no official diplomatic ties with Israel. However, this month the kingdom said it would allow flights between UAE and Israel, including by Israeli airliners, to use its airspace. READ MORE