Zionist lawmaker: relations with Riyadh do not seem imminent.
The chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and a senior member of the Likud Party of the Zionist regime said about the possibility of normalizing Riyadh-Tel Aviv relations: I think it is too early to talk about an ongoing agreement.
A senior Zionist lawmaker on Sunday (July 30) while pointing to what he called points of disagreement in the ongoing negotiations between Riyadh and American mediators, said that the establishment of relations with Saudi Arabia does not seem imminent.
According to Reuters, US President Joe Biden, who sent his national security adviser to Saudi Arabia to discuss the normalization agreement between Riyadh and Tel Aviv and called it a political priority, said on Friday, “Perhaps the normalization of relations is underway.”
Yoli Edelstein, head of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and a senior member of the Likud party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told Israel Army Radio: I think it is too early to talk about an ongoing agreement.
According to Reuters, he dismissed the possibility that the impasse between Netanyahu’s far-right cabinet and the Palestinians’ goals for an independent state is the main obstacle and claimed that there are clauses that are much more important and problematic.
He added, “Most of the Saudi discussions are with the Americans, not us,” and further said that when the issue of Riyadh’s requests from Washington comes up, there are some cases that can be better dealt with and others less so.
Also, “Tzachi Hangbi”, the internal security advisor of the Zionist regime, when entering the weekly cabinet meeting, answered the question of reporters whether there will be progress in the Saudi talks, saying: “I hope so.”
Before this, the Associated Press news agency wrote in a report about the recent visit of White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to Saudi Arabia with the aim of persuading Riyadh to normalize relations with Tel Aviv: “So far, the White House’s efforts have not led to any particular success.”