A new Saudi-US deal to reshape the Middle East is taking shape — but Israel can't join while it's still at war

Thu, 05/02/2024 - 07:29

Biden and MBS — President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Jeddah Security and Development Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in July 2022.
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A new Saudi-US security deal is being negotiated, reports said.
It resembles the deal that was forming before it was derailed on October 7 by the Hamas terror attacks.
A deal dubbed "plan B" Israel is, for now, excluded because of its war on Gaza.

The US and Saudi Arabia are said to be drawing closer to a historic deal that could reshape the Middle East — by sidestepping the vexed issue of Israel's war in Gaza.