Saudi Arabia adheres to the "two country plan" as a prerequisite, and the Prime Minister is committed to establishing diplomatic relations with Israel through Saudi Arabia
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on the 9th that if Israel and Saudi Arabia can reach an agreement to normalize relations, it will be a major measure to "change history" and will also be his main policy goal in the near future. However, Saudi Arabia insists that the normalization of relations with Israel should be based on the implementation of the "two country plan" between Palestine and Israel.
Netanyahu made this statement during an interview with Sky News in Jerusalem that day. He referred to Saudi Arabia as the "most influential Arab country" and believed that normalizing Israel Saudi relations would help end the confrontation between Israel and Arab countries, as well as resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. He said he cannot guarantee that an agreement will eventually be reached because "it depends on the Saudi side," but he "certainly hopes it can be reached.".
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud stated on the 8th that the normalization of Saudi Israeli relations will bring significant benefits to the region, but if a path to peace is not found for the Palestinians, the benefits of normalizing Saudi Arabian Israeli relations will be "limited.". He called for continued efforts to promote the implementation of the "two-state solution" and provide Palestinians with a way to obtain dignity and fair justice.
Israel occupied the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and East Jerusalem during the Third Middle East War in 1967. The "two-state solution" widely supported by the international community advocates the establishment of an independent Palestinian state based on the 1967 pre war borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and peaceful coexistence with Israel. The Palestinian Israeli peace talks have not been able to resume since their interruption in April 2014.
Saudi Arabia has long publicly stated that it will not normalize relations with Israel until the Palestinian Israeli issue is resolved through a "two-state solution".
The US government has been intentionally promoting the normalization of Saudi Israeli relations, and according to Reuters, the likelihood of the US achieving this goal in the short term is relatively low. Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Barbara Lev recently stated that it is expected that exchanges between Saudi Arabia and Israel will only gradually open up. A Gulf country official who declined to be named told Reuters that the process of normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel would be "very difficult".