The US is no longer demanding that Saudi Arabia normalize relations with Israel to move forward with talks on establishing a Saudi civil nuclear program, Reuters reported on Thursday.
The Biden administration had been working on a potential Israel-Saudi normalization deal that would have involved the US helping the Saudis establish a nuclear program and signing a mutual defense treaty with Riyadh.
There were reports in September 2023 that said Riyadh was willing to drop its long-standing condition that a Palestinian state must be established before it would normalize relations with Israel. But those talks fell apart after Hamas’s October 7 attack and Israel unleashing its genocidal war on Gaza.
Over the past year and a half, Saudi officials have made clear there will be no Israel normalization without a Palestinian state. The idea of a US-Saudi mutual defense treaty has also been dropped, and President Trump is willing to move forward on the nuclear talks without Israel’s involvement, according to Reuters.
According to Israel Hayom, Trump had decided to move forward on the potential Saudi deal without consulting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israeli officials told the Israeli outlet that they don’t think Trump could get support from Congress for a Saudi nuclear program without a normalization agreement.
“The president won’t be able to get approval to push forward a civilian nuclear program for Saudi Arabia without the Israeli component,” an Israeli official told Israel Hayom. “He doesn’t have a Senate majority for any agreement that doesn’t include Israel or that moves forward without its consent.”
Israel Hayom has also reported that President Trump is frustrated with Netanyahu over certain issues and is moving to take action without him. The report cited the truce deal between the US and Yemen’s Houthis, which excluded Israel, as one of those steps.
The news of Trump dropping the demand for Israeli normalization comes days before his visit to Saudi Arabia. The president is expected to announce a series of major arms deals while in the kingdom.
Translation: The Lobby won't let that happen.
But we live in the America commodity, maybe the Saudis can outbid the Zionists. I calculate if every adult American contributed $100 to a Go Fund Me we still couldn't buy America back.
Bhutan or Bust!
Arms deal is all he will get. Saudis pursued civilian nyclear power with US forva number of reasons. It is not the Senate that will not approve — it is the technology proposed that will give Saudis finally a way out of long and fruitless discusdions. As any country with energy being major export knows, nuclear power is the solution for domestic use to slow down depletion of resources. Desalimizatio. Plants demand large expenditure of energy. Saudi Arabia patiently worked with US. To ascertain the technological solution to meetnits needs. US has no longer companies that build a nuclear power pllant. Neither GE not Westinghouse build from scratch. A new technilogies of mini nuclear piwer plants have not only been avmbsndoned projects but are neither safer nor more cost efective, Bill Gates version I am not famikiar where is it up and running. Saudis do not need any complicatikns with Us but cannot wait forevver. Chuna and Russia are building them cost effectivelly. Several built in Turkey one currently being built in Egypt.
A great idea. We sell them an expensive brand-new nuclear facility then we prevent them from producing the nuclear fuel. They would have to pay us for expensive nuclear fuel forever. We win they lose, now and forever. …What's that? …I'm not doing my math correctly again?
That's naive: every single country with a (hyper-expensive and hyper-polluting) nuclear program has it in order to be able to develop nuclear weapons eventually.
Regardless of anything….! A truly free and fair State of Palestine is essential!!!…………….!!!……………
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_and_tragedy_masks
Palestinian Arabs have had that opportunity many times and blow it each time
You have no clue.
“The president won’t be able to get approval to push forward a civilian nuclear program for Saudi Arabia without the Israeli component,” an Israeli official told Israel Hayom. “He doesn’t have a Senate majority for any agreement that doesn’t include Israel or that moves forward without its consent.”
Was there ever a more accurate statement?
Congress (or rather Senate if my memory is correct) only ratifies treaties, the treaty can be signed anyhow and, in the current context of high global political volatility, it'll be taken as a green light. Technically Saudi Arabia (or anyone) doesn't need US permision to pursue a nuclear program at all.
https://www.presstv.ir/Live
Go ahead Trump… Make your day against your master…!
This shows Israelis have more inside information on US politics than the domestic morons…!
Well, some soul in Saudi Arabia has a spine.
They are openly showing their control of Congress.
I'm shocked, I tell you, …, shocked.
A normalization agreement is in America's interest.
And the claim, true or not,
doesn't show Israeli control the Senate.
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/the-establishment-slowly-wearies
Trump this, Trump that, Trump yada yada yada…
"An Israeli official said Trump couldn't get approval from Congress if he moves forward with a deal that Israel doesn't consent to"
His employees are doing their work admirably. More AIPAC money for all!