Saudi leverages Netanyahu normalization ambitions for US agreements

Al Mayadeen English   Source: New York Times + Agencies    2023-03-10 10:41    2 Shares
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has set a price, through a list of demands only the US can broker, leveraging the Israeli Prime Minister's ambitions for normalization.

Activists prepare cardboard cutouts from right, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's king Salman bin Abdulaziz, are hung to a gallows, during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019 (AP).
Activists prepare cardboard cutouts from right, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's king Salman bin Abdulaziz, are hung to a gallows, during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019 (AP).
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