According to officials in Riyadh, the Saudi position on the prospect of normalization with Israel has changed in recent weeks. This change is linked to the close relations between Rabat and Riyadh.
The Intifada broke out like the coronavirus pandemic; nobody expected it, and for months on end, nobody knew when the right remedy would come along.
A dramatic sense of how this process is unfolding was on display at the United Nations – the citadel of global anti-Zionism.
The Blue and White-Likud clash over Iran policy, like their clash over Israel’s national and strategic interests in Judea and Samaria, makes it clear that the farcical unity government has run its course.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was the fifth Iranian nuclear scientist killed in targeted attacks since 2010, prompting the IRGC to increase security to top military and civilian officials.
Jerusalem and Riyadh fear US President-elect Biden will adopt policies on Iran similar to those adopted during the Obama administration, which strained Washington’s ties with its traditional regional allies.
Regional forces seeking to counter Iran will go up against the new administration in Washington in a bid to influence any new nuclear deal with the Islamic republic.
While Middle East analysts say Biden is building a team of people in whom he trusts, can rely on and can work together as a team, a good deal of concern centers on whether U.S. foreign policy will look too much like it did during the Obama administration.
Mohammed Bin Salman is very worried about the future, mainly the possibility that a new administration in the White House will harm his country's vital interests.
The historic meeting sends a clear message to the new administration in Washington, and even more so to the ayatollah regime in Tehran.