Normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel will not be possible until an independent Palestinian state is established, Saudi statesman, politician, diplomat and prince from the Saudi royal dynasty Turki bin Faisal Al Saud has warned.

The gist of the Saudi prince’s speech

The prince claimed, without offering any evidence, that the US is interested in restarting talks between Israel and Saudi Arabia to strengthen regional security and economic ties. But it should be added that the US is not so much interested in strengthening regional security as in regaining its former high level of influence in the Middle East, which it lost because of its unbridled support for Israel. Nevertheless, as a member of the ruling House of Saud, Turki al-Faisal affirmed that “if there’s a Palestinian state that Israel accepts to come (into) existence, then we can talk about normalization with Israel.”

The Prince added: “Before October 7… talks not only progressed along those lines, but also the Kingdom invited a Palestinian delegation to come and talk directly to the Americans about what it is that might bring about a Palestinian state… I’m not privy to those talks, so I don’t know what happened between the Palestinians and the Americans, but the Kingdom’s position has always been we won’t speak for the Palestinians. They have to do it for themselves. Unfortunately, of course, October 7 (the Hamas attack........

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