{"id":16171,"date":"2025-04-20T12:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T12:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=16171"},"modified":"2025-04-20T12:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T12:56:43","slug":"saudi-israeli-relations-a-shifting-landscape-amid-gazas-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/20\/saudi-israeli-relations-a-shifting-landscape-amid-gazas-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi-Israeli Relations: A Shifting Landscape Amid Gaza&#8217;s Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Saudi-Israeli relations are currently experiencing a state of \u201cforbidden love,\u201d amid rapidly unfolding regional events that have upended the calculations of all parties involved. Before October 7, the signs were clear: a normalization deal between Riyadh and Tel Aviv was closer than ever. Shuttle diplomacy, American mediation, and preparatory statements all pointed toward an imminent announcement of a strategic alliance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"794\">But the bloody scenes in Gaza changed the equation, turning the normalization project into a \u201cpostponed diplomatic corpse.\u201d The Israeli massacres in the Strip and daily violations against Palestinians brought the Arab street back to the forefront and forced Riyadh to pause its decision\u2014fearing a wave of public anger that could jeopardize its ambitious \u201cVision 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"1072\">At the same time, Saudi Arabia chose to ease tensions with Iran through political channels, making the Iranian threat\u2014which was previously used to justify closer ties with Israel\u2014less urgent. This undermined one of the key pillars quietly supporting the path to normalization.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0639\u0634\u0642 \u0645\u0645\u0646\u0648\u0639 \u0648\u064f\u0626\u062f \u0642\u0628\u0644 \u0648\u0644\u0627\u062f\u062a\u0647.. \u063a\u0640*\u0640\u0631&amp;\u0629 \u062a\u0634\u062a\u0639\u0644\u060c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629<\/a> \u062a\u0647\u062f\u0651\u0626 \u0645\u0639 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u064a\u0631\u0627\u0646<\/a>\u060c \u0648\u062a\u062e\u0634\u0649 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0631\u0624\u064a\u062a\u0647\u0627 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0646\u0641\u062c\u0627\u0631 \u0634\u0639\u0628\u064a.<\/p>\n<p>\u0647\u0644 \u0627\u0646\u062a\u0647\u062a \u0642\u0635\u0651\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0640 \u0640\u0637\u0628\u0640 \u0640\u064a\u0639 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064a\u0627\u0636 \u0648\u062a\u0644 \u0623\u0628\u064a\u0628\u061f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/szSUpuPeit\">pic.twitter.com\/szSUpuPeit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0648\u0637\u0646. \u064a\u063a\u0631\u062f \u062e\u0627\u0631\u062c \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0631\u0628 (@watanserb_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/watanserb_news\/status\/1913751385557918051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Saudi-Israeli Normalization: A Dream Shattered by Gaza&#8217;s Bloodshed<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1405\">From Tel Aviv\u2019s side, the situation wasn\u2019t much better. Israel today is more extreme, more preoccupied with its internal security, and less open to discussing issues like the two-state solution or concessions on East Jerusalem\u2014making the deal, once described as \u201chistoric,\u201d vulnerable to being frozen or even collapsing altogether.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1644\">Voices in Saudi Arabia rejecting any rapprochement with the occupation have dominated social media, with intense pressure on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2023\/09\/27\/facing-hurdles-the-uncertain-path-of-the-saudi-israeli-normalization-pact\/\">Saudi<\/a> leadership following the shocking images from Gaza, which coincided with unofficial Israeli-Gulf meetings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1646\" data-end=\"1993\">As the political landscape transforms into an open arena of change, many questions remain unanswered: Will Mohammed bin Salman dare to ignore the public mood? Can Netanyahu proceed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/01\/19\/gaza-ceasefire-and-the-path-to-saudi-israeli-normalization\/\">normalization<\/a> while his government continues to crush Palestinians? Or was it all just a fleeting affair that was buried before it could be officially announced?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1995\" data-end=\"2195\">In the end, Palestine remains the central dilemma of the Middle East, and normalization a dream still \u201changing on the wing of a broken plane,\u201d weighed down by Gaza\u2019s blood and the pulse of the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Saudi-Israeli relations are currently experiencing a state of \u201cforbidden love,\u201d amid rapidly unfolding regional events that have upended the calculations of all parties involved. Before October 7, the signs were clear: a normalization deal between Riyadh and Tel Aviv was closer than ever. Shuttle diplomacy, American mediation, and preparatory statements all pointed toward an imminent &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[664,875,406,4940],"class_list":["post-16171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-israeli","tag-israeli-war-crimes-in-gaza","tag-normalization","tag-saudi-foreign-policy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Saudi-Israeli Relations: A Shifting Landscape Amid Gaza&#039;s Tragedy - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Saudi-Israeli relations were on the brink of a historic normalization agreement before the Gaza conflict shifted political dynamics.\" \/>\n<meta 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