Will Saudi Arabia Normalize Relations With Israel?

Jonathan Lord, the director of the Middle East Security program at the Center for a New American Security, said one should not assume Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is overly concerned about the Palestinian angle. “I’ve heard theories that many of the questions and concerns about what MBS might demand of the Israelis are overblown,” he said. “He has a tremendous amount of favor among the [Saudi] population…he has a lot going for him and that gives him a lot of latitude to make decisions his father and his father’s father never could have imagined.”

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