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April 28, 2022

When Will Relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia Become Public?

Cooperation between the two nations has long been an open secret.

On March 3, 2022, the Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman said that his country doesn’t “look at Israel as an enemy.” Though Riyadh and Jerusalem do not have formal diplomatic ties, the two countries have been quietly cooperating on diplomatic and intelligence efforts for several years; in November 2020, then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly took a covert trip to Saudi Arabia. Neville Teller outlines some of the reasons why Israeli and Saudi officials have not yet established a formal relationship and speculates as to whether—and when—they will.

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