Normalization

'I am pro-Abraham': Meet the unlikely allies risking everything for peace with Israel

MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: Abrahamic Movement members tell the ‘Post’ about pursuing peace and normalization with Israel, despite personal risks and challenges to long-standing taboos.

TOM WEGNER addresses an Abrahamic Movement gathering. While he can advocate openly for his vision of a shared regional identity, some of the movement’s members live in countries where contact or normalization with Israel can carry severe legal and personal consequences.
VOTING AGAINST a UN Security Council draft resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, at New York City headquarters, Sept. 2025.

Trump envoy: Lebanon wanted peace. Israel was slow to see the opening - interview

Debris is strewn across the jetty in the Port of Mokha the day after an attack by the Houthis on the city of Mokha, held by Yemen's internationally recognised, Aden-based government on August 10, 2026.

Hezbollah attempts to resupply operatives trapped underground, Iran continues executing protesters

The IDF strikes targets in Gaza's Khan Yunis, August 15, 2026.

Three soldiers wounded in Hezbollah attack, no injuries reported after IDF tank hits bomb in Gaza


Saudi Arabia names first ambassador to ‘Palestine’ amid Israel rapprochement

The move to appoint Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Jordan, Nayef bin Bandar Al-Sudairi to the role comes amid Saudi-Israeli normalization reports.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas before the start of the 29th Arab Summit in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia April 15, 2018

Ron Dermer set for Israel-Saudi peace talks in White House visit - report

Dermer's reported visit comes as Washington is in negotiations with the Saudis to bring about diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and Riyadh.

 Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer arrives to a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023

'Saudi uranium enrichment will spark a nuclear arms race,' Lapid says

Opposition leader Yair Lapid warned that “Israel can’t agree to uranium enrichment in Saudi Arabia, because it endangers its national security."

 Head of the Yesh Atid party MK Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 17, 2023

Israel-Saudi peace can end all hope for Palestinian statehood - opinion

Netanyahu is unwilling and unable to give Saudis and Americans what they say they want – Palestinian statehood – but in reality, both are willing to settle for much less.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken work behind the scenes at a G20 summit meeting last year. Blinken and Sullivan are said to be involved in an effort to broker an Israeli-Saudi deal.

Palestinians kept in dark about potential Israeli-Saudi normalization - analysis

The Palestinian Authority said they were aware of US efforts to push for an Israeli-Saudi peace deal, but said no one from Riyadh has spoken with them about it.

 PA President Mahmoud Abbas.

Israel split on Saudi nuclear program as US advances normalization deal

The Wall Street Journal reported that the US and Saudi Arabia agreed on broad terms for normalization which would be expected within a year.

 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, June 6, 2023

Israel FM Cohen calls for US-Saudi nuclear defense agreement in normalization deal

Cohen’s statement comes as the US works to bring about diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and Riyadh.

 Foreign Minister Eli Cohen talks during a news conference with Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus March 31, 2023

Israel-Saudi deal unlikely in near future - opinion

A deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia would effectively be a ginormous step forward in ending the Israel-Arab conflict.

 ACCORDING TO Thomas Friedman, US President Joe Biden is still not committed to a Saudi-Israeli deal.

Israel-Saudi peace deal: Manageable risk for high reward - opinion

Chances for a deal with Saudi Arabia are high, the risks manageable, and the value overwhelming.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend the Gulf Cooperation Council +3 meeting in Jeddah, last summer.

Palestinians must fight to stop Israel-Saudi normalization - opinion

Israeli-Saudi peace is a good thing, but only when it also includes ending the occupation and reaching Israeli-Palestinian peace.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in separate photographs.