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US Senator: Israel-Saudi deal possible before year-end
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2024-10-23 | 22:40
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US Senator: Israel-Saudi deal possible before year-end
U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and believed that an agreement to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia could be reached before the end of the year.
Graham, who is in Michigan campaigning for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, told Reuters that Netanyahu supported work on a deal with Saudi Arabia, adding that the next U.S. administration was unlikely to be able to secure enough votes in Congress after President Joe Biden leaves office on Jan. 20.
"I think the time to do this is on Biden's watch," said Graham, who had also met with Netanyahu earlier this month. He said Vice President Kamala Harris was "far more beholden to the left" and had not shown interest in working for such an agreement, but Biden was keen to see a deal get done and would be able to mobilize the needed Democratic votes.
Normalizing Israeli-Saudi relations would mark an expansion of the “Abraham Accords” sealed when Trump was in office. The accords led to the normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan.
Morgan Finkelstein, National Security Spokeswoman for the Harris campaign said: “Vice President Harris has consistently supported efforts to ensure Israel is more deeply integrated in the Middle East region, including a potential historic normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia.
She believes such integration is critical to counter the threats posed by Iran.”
Democrats would be reluctant to support Trump if he won the election and the initiative slipped into next year, Graham said.
Outside a French courtroom, Gisele Pelicot is once again applauded by supporters.
A defense pact would require a two-thirds majority in the U.S. Senate, or 67 votes.
Analysts have said that an Israel-Saudi normalization deal would be difficult to achieve without a clear path to establishing an independent Palestinian state, which most Israelis oppose.
Graham expressed confidence that a solution could be found to ensure creation of a sovereign state in a Palestine that was de-militarized and could not threaten Israel.
"We're moving in the right direction," he said, adding that he expected Saudi de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to be supportive since absence of a deal would undermine his economic goals.
Graham said there was an "opening a mile wide" for a ceasefire in Lebanon given Israel's attacks on Hezbollah leaders, but ensuring a lasting peace in the region also required a plan to rebuild Gaza after the war and the West Bank, something he said should be led by Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries.
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