An official in the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Saudi Arabia informed the American administration to stop any discussions related to normalization with Israel.

The Israeli official indicated, as reported on the website of Elaph magazine, which is owned by Saudi figures, that the opposition of the pillars of Netanyahu’s government to any gesture towards the Palestinians, and Netanyahu’s acceptance of the demands of the pillars of the extreme right represented by the Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich parties, means the same as any possibility of rapprochement with the Palestinians and thus with the Saudis. .

The Israeli official stressed that the United States informed Israel of Saudi Arabia’s decision “to stop any discussions with the Americans regarding normalization or taking any step towards Israel, and that the Israeli leadership is confused about its decision.”

Informed American sources said that Saudi Arabia brought the Palestinians into the discussions in an intelligent manner so that it could decide on the form and date of the agreement with the Israelis and demarcate the borders of their independent state without interference from the outside, and without Israeli imposition, as they tried to do in the Abraham Accords, which did not succeed in reaching any consensus. With the Palestinians.

According to Elaph, information indicates that the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, who is close to Netanyahu and who was ambassador to Washington, leaked fabricated news to the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, which is supportive of the American right and is owned by extremist Republican Jews. What were described - according to the newspaper - as secret meetings that brought together Saudi King Mohammed bin Salman, and Netanyahu.