The trip of Zionist ministers to Saudi Arabia was canceled.
According to al-Mayadeen, Israeli media reported on Monday that the Saudi authorities have delayed granting visas to the ministers of the Israeli regime to participate in the UNESCO conference.
The UNESCO conference in Saudi Arabia is scheduled to be held next week, and the delay in issuing visas to Israeli ministers caused them to cancel their attendance at this meeting.
Israel’s Channel 13, citing high-ranking sources in Tel Aviv, announced that Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and Education Minister Yoav Kish were supposed to enter Saudi Arabia to participate in the conference, but the Israelis decided to Saudi Arabia’s procrastination cancels its company.
Channel 13’s political affairs commentator claimed that Israel’s decision was made on the advice of the United States and after discussions between American and Israeli sources in recent weeks, and shows that Israel’s presence in Saudi Arabia is “untimely and does not put Riyadh in a favorable position.”
In the midst of continuing talks to normalize relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv, this Israeli channel described the recent behavior of Saudi Arabia towards Israel as a red sign for the normalization of relations between the two sides. The channel noted that although Israeli ministers will not go to Saudi Arabia, some low-ranking institutions will participate in the conference.
This behavior of Saudi Arabia towards Israel comes shortly after Axios reported on the planned visit of Brett McGurk, the White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, to Saudi Arabia. McGurk is expected to travel to Saudi Arabia this week to meet with senior Palestinian officials and discuss a potential Palestinian component and a major US-Saudi deal, the website said, citing four American and Palestinian sources familiar with the matter. Slow down.”
According to these sources, McGurk is going to meet in Saudi Arabia with Hussein al-Sheikh, the deputy of Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, Majid Faraj, the head of Palestinian intelligence, and Majdi Khaldi, Abbas’s diplomatic adviser.
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Saudi Arabia was looking to resume financial aid to the Palestinian Authority, provided the Palestinian Authority “suppresses militant groups and curbs violence in the West Bank.”
It is believed that Saudi Arabia’s action is part of the country’s concrete effort to legitimize any final agreement with the Israeli occupiers. According to the Wall Street Journal, Riyadh believes that in exchange for financing the Palestinian Authority, it can fend off critics who accuse Riyadh of “victimizing” the Palestinian people by normalizing relations with Tel Aviv.
