Netanyahu met Saudi crown prince, Pompeo in Saudi Arabia on Sunday - Israeli media

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JUST IN: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday and met the Saudi crown prince and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo there, per Israeli radio stations (Reuters).

 

 

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NOVEMBER 23, 20202:35 AMUPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Netanyahu met Saudi crown prince, Pompeo in Saudi Arabia on Sunday - Israeli media

By Dan Williams

3 MIN READ

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly flew to Saudi Arabia on Sunday to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israel’s Kan public radio and Army Radio said on Monday.

 

If confirmed, it would be the first publicly acknowledged trip by an Israeli leader to ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, which has traditionally championed the Palestinian cause and shunned all official contacts with Israel.

As U.S. President Donald Trump’s term winds down, Pompeo has been trying to coax the Gulf powerhouse to follow its neighbours, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, in establishing formal relations with Israel.

Netanyahu’s office and the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem had no immediate comment on the reports.

 

Saudi state media made no mention of any visit by Netanyahu, and the Saudi government’s media office did not immediately respond to Reuters queries.

The rapprochement between Israel and the Gulf states is built largely on shared concerns about Iran - and, potentially, about whether U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will review Washington’s regional policies.

 

 

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Netanyahu was joined on his Saudi trip by Mossad director Joseph (Yossi) Cohen, who has spearheaded discreet diplomatic outreach to Gulf Arab states, said the Israeli media reports, quoting unidentified Israeli officials.

Riyadh has so far declined to normalise ties with Israel. But since August it has allowed Israeli airliners to overfly Saudi territory to newly available Gulf destinations and Asia.

Avi Scharf of Israel’s Haaretz newspaper published aviation tracking data showing that a business jet had made a brief trip from Tel Aviv to Neom, on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, where bin Salman and Pompeo had a scheduled meeting on Sunday.

 

More publicly closing ranks with the Saudi crown prince could help the conservative Netanyahu burnish his statesman credentials as he faces domestic challenges, including a trial on corruption charges, which he denies, and a feud with centrist coalition partner Benny Gantz, Israel’s defence minister.

“Gantz does politics while the prime minister makes peace,” Netanyahu spokesman Topaz Luk tweeted.

Asked on Saturday whether Riyadh had changed its position on Israel, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said the kingdom had supported complete normalisation of ties “for a long time”, but on condition that Israel and the Palestinians reach “a permanent and full peace deal”.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-saudi/netanyahu-met-saudi-crown-prince-pompeo-in-saudi-arabia-israeli-minister-idUSKBN2830JJ

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Some one is about to get the shite bombed out of them! Iran militia are cornered and about to get hammered dont mess with the saudis investment!

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Iran will be done in Iraq this is why the border is open! 

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Sorry I cant add any more reactions Screwball but this is huge news!  

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Amazing news!! Wow!!!

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1 hour ago, screwball said:

JUST IN: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday and met the Saudi crown prince and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo there, per Israeli radio stations (Reuters).

this visit is between israeli, saudi arabia and us.                                                           Hmm $1=3.33 israeli shekel.                         1 shekel=0.299 $ dollar.                   $1=3.75 saudi riyal. I riyal= 0.27 $ dollar. Do you think, are there possibilities that iqd will peg to israeli shekel ( 1: 0.299 ) or saudi riyal (1: 0.27 ) or 1:1 with us dollar? So the rate is between 0.27 - $1. Come rv.

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9 hours ago, rvmydinar said:

this visit is between israeli, saudi arabia and us.                                                           Hmm $1=3.33 israeli shekel.                         1 shekel=0.299 $ dollar.                   $1=3.75 saudi riyal. I riyal= 0.27 $ dollar. Do you think, are there possibilities that iqd will peg to israeli shekel ( 1: 0.299 ) or saudi riyal (1: 0.27 ) or 1:1 with us dollar? So the rate is between 0.27 - $1. Come rv.

nope peg to USD.....i can tell you it will be combined israel and sa let security initiative against iran, they be fooked.they will deal 

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