"The direction of Saudi-Israeli relations is normalization, but it will take more time and we must not put the cart before the horse," Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir says in a meeting held in recent weeks with Jews from the United States.
King Hamad also voiced hope the visit would strengthen bilateral relations, state news agency BNA reported while stressing Manama's support for "a just, comprehensive and sustainable peace that guarantees legitimate rights of the Palestinian people".
The trip marks the first official visit to the Gulf country by an Israeli head of state.
Jason D. Greenblatt shares inside details on the historic day in December 2017, when the 45th president announced recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, defying all the warnings. "Trump had the courage to implement the Jerusalem Embassy Act," he says.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan is in Israel to mark the second-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan is in Israel to mark the two-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords.
The two will create the first-ever bilingual interaction platform where readers will be able to read and comment in Arabic or Hebrew. The joint project has been selected by Google for partial funding as part of its initiative to support product development in news organizations.
In exchange for such recognition, Trump asked Netanyahu to accept a future Palestinian state.
Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai visits Rabat to promote plan to combat a recently detected trend of Israeli criminals fleeing to neighboring countries such as Morocco, Turkey, and the UAE.
On Thursday, a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Tel Aviv used Saudi airspace, according to aviation website flightradar24. There was no immediate comment from Cathay.
