Al-Monitor published a report titled "While Riyadh is Dialogue with Tehran , Saudi-Israeli Normalization is Deviating Away," at the beginning of which it mentioned what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said - during his meeting in Israel with US Senator Lindsey Graham last Monday - that Israel wants Normalization and peace with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia . Reiterating his campaign slogan, Netanyahu said that he is working to expand the circle of peace and add more countries to the 2020 Abraham Accords: “We view (normalization) as perhaps a giant leap towards ending the Arab-Israeli conflict. This agreement could have huge implications and historic results.” To Israel, to Saudi Arabia, the region and the world.

The report notes that Netanyahu's optimism about Saudi Arabia was met with skepticism by Israeli security officials. “The strangest thing is that despite all the writing on the wall and flashing warning lights, Netanyahu continues to talk about ‘expanding the circle of peace’ and the option that Israel will soon add Saudi Arabia to the agreements,” a former Israeli security source told Al-Monitor, speaking on condition of anonymity. Abraham in whole or in part.

The report notes that the Israeli official's statements are prompted by reports that a delegation of senior Hamas members will head to Saudi Arabia this week, in another dramatic sign of the recent rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh. As news reports emerged, the Saudis were outraged that this rare visit was leaked, and either postponed or canceled. Nevertheless, it is clear - one way or another - that Saudi Arabia is changing its position from a firm position in the American-Israeli camp towards the Iranian-led "axis of resistance", of which the Gaza-based Islamist Hamas is a respected member. It is noteworthy that Saudi Arabia and Iran renewed diplomatic relations between them during the past month, and the visit of the Hamas delegation would be the first to the Kingdom in nearly a decade.

In parallel, Riyadh was also preoccupied with rehabilitating its relations with Damascus. On Tuesday, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan visited Syria, in the first official visit since the beginning of the war in Syria. "The Saudis are spitting on him (Netanyahu), and he convinces himself and the public that it is rain," a former Israeli political source told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity.