Saudi Arabia Will Have to Change Its Tune If It Wants Normalization with Israel
The door is still open, but not so wide as before.
February 10, 2026
In the words of one reporter based in the country: “They whistle, and we go.”
Tomorrow, Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Donald Trump to discuss the U.S. negotiations with Iran, which are currently taking place in Oman. As the press and American diplomats try to make sense of the Islamic Republic, it’s worth recalling how often both have failed terribly in doing so. Ze’ev Maghen, in his masterful 2022 essay “How Iran Thinks,” bluntly summed up the problem by borrowing a phrase from the 1992 election: “it’s religion, stupid.”
The door is still open, but not so wide as before.
In the words of one reporter based in the country: “They whistle, and we go.”
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Subscribe NowTomorrow, Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Donald Trump to discuss the U.S. negotiations with Iran, which are currently taking place in Oman. As the press and American diplomats try to make sense of the Islamic Republic, it’s worth recalling how often both have failed terribly in doing so. Ze’ev Maghen, in his masterful 2022 essay “How Iran Thinks,” bluntly summed up the problem by borrowing a phrase from the 1992 election: “it’s religion, stupid.”