{"id":48627,"date":"2024-01-16T15:12:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T15:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/saudi-arabia-could-recognise-israel-if-palestinian-issue-resolved-foreign-minister\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T15:12:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T15:12:05","slug":"saudi-arabia-could-recognise-israel-if-palestinian-issue-resolved-foreign-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/saudi-arabia-could-recognise-israel-if-palestinian-issue-resolved-foreign-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia could recognise Israel if Palestinian issue resolved: foreign minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s foreign minister said on Tuesday the kingdom could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1778553\">recognise<\/a> Israel if a comprehensive agreement were reached that included statehood for the Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe agree that regional peace includes peace for Israel, but that could only happen through peace for the Palestinians through a Palestinian state,\u201d Prince Faisal bin Farhan told a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1699687\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Asked if Saudi Arabia would then recognise Israel as part of a wider political agreement, he said: \u201cCertainly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prince Faisal said securing regional peace through the creation of a Palestinian state was \u201csomething we have been indeed working on with the US administration, and it is more relevant in the context of Gaza\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>After the eruption of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1779807\">conflict last October<\/a> between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas that rules Gaza, Saudi Arabia put on ice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1585158\">US-backed plans<\/a> for the kingdom to normalise ties with Israel, two sources familiar with Riyadh\u2019s thinking said, in a swift reordering of of its diplomatic priorities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1763893\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The two sources told <em>Reuters<\/em> there would be some delay in the US-backed talks on normalisation of Saudi-Israel ties, which is seen as a key step for the kingdom to secure what it considers the real prize of a US defence pact in exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1779807\">Oct 7<\/a>, when Hamas fighters launched an attack on southern Israel, both Israeli and Saudi leaders had signalled they were moving steadily towards establishing diplomatic realations that could have reshaped the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s foreign minister said on Tuesday the kingdom could recognise Israel if a comprehensive agreement were reached that included statehood for the Palestinians. \u201cWe agree that regional peace includes peace for Israel, but that could only happen through peace for the Palestinians through a Palestinian state,\u201d Prince Faisal bin Farhan told a panel at 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