Saudi Arabia

Saudi crown prince returns to world stage, upgrade in Israel relations expected

Will a US-Saudi rift affect Israel?
Inbar and Spyer: Biden’s push for human rights will backfire, especially if coupled with U.S. inaction regarding Iran and a return to the failed 2015 nuclear deal.

In first, Saudi paper prints op-ed by Israelis - on Erdogan's private militias
Fellows at Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security pen analysis of Turkish leader's proxy armies, based on joint research with a UAE think tank.

Benjamin Netanyahu visits Saudi Arabia
Dr. Emmanuel Navon: The meeting sets the stage before finding out what will be Biden's policy.

Will Sudan and Saudi Arabia Join the Party?
Dr. Joshua Krasna: The Saudis want to use normalization with Israel as leverage in the event of the installation of a more unsympathetic government in the United States.

On Israeli flights over Saudi Arabia and regional normalization
Dr. Emmanuel Navon on i24news

If the enemy of my enemy gets the bomb: Saudi nuclear plan gives Israel headache
Dr. Joshua Krasna: I am sure we would be happy if the Saudis didn’t work toward nuclear weapons. But that is not the same as saying we have a significant impetus to do something about it.

Will Saudi Arabia establish full diplomatic ties with Israel?
Dr. Joshua Krasna: I don’t think it’s likely we will see formal diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia, or indeed with any of the Gulf Arab states, at any time in the near future.

Why is murder by Iran, but not Saudi Arabia, permissible?
Dr. Emmanuel Navon: While it is outrageous for President Trump to let Saudi Arabia get away with murder, the atomic agreement was also indefensible. At the end of the day this is about realpolitik.

Israel remains cautious amid global fury at Saudi Arabia over journalist’s suspicious death.
Dr. Joshua Krasna: I don’t think the Israeli government went too far with MBS. Nut this gives us a reality check of who we are working with here.

Khashoggi and the Jewish Question.
Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman of JISS: “It is certainly not in Israel’s interests to see the status of the Saudi government diminished in Washington.”

SAUDIS PUBLICLY OPPOSE U.S. EXITING SYRIA WHILE ISRAEL OBJECTS QUIETLY
Col. Lerman: US withdrawal from Syria would have very negative consequences for Israel and the region

Y. Amidror: "The Saudis have crossed the Rubicon"

On Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia. Interview with Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman