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Despite announcing sweeping security, investment and defense agreements, the fate of a Saudi-Israel normalization deal remains uncertain
I do not believe that Donald Trump is in any way abandoning Israel or changing his position with respect to the Jewish state. He has been a great friend of Jews and Israel for decades, and there is nothing to suggest that his feelings have changed.
President Trump’s deal to allow the sale of F-35 advanced fighter jets to Saudi Arabia has the potential to alter the military balance of power in the Middle East. The package of fifth-generation
US President Donald Trump’s declaration of undying friendship with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) this week struck a discordant note. It was during his first term as President that Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered in a Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
Mohammed bin Salman steps foot in the U.S. for the first time since Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi's 2018 murder that caused global outrage.