Jerusalem and Riyadh had been steadily inching closer to normalisation.
President Joe Biden has said he thought Hamas was motivated to attack Israel in part by a desire to stop that country from normalising relations with Saudi Arabia.
The US President indicated that he thinks Hamas militants launched a deadly assault on October 7 because, “Guess what? The Saudis wanted to recognise Israel”, and were near being able to formally do so. The Saudis had been insisting on protections and expanded rights for Palestinian interests as part of any broader agreement with Israel.
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