{"id":155099,"date":"2025-11-27T05:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T05:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/155099\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T05:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T05:01:11","slug":"saudi-crown-prince-rejects-trumps-push-for-israel-normalisation-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/155099\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Crown Prince rejects Trump\u2019s push for Israel normalisation: Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Washington: Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has rejected a US proposal to advance normalisation with Israel, insisting that Riyadh will not join the Abraham Accords without a credible and time-bound pathway to Palestinian statehood, according to report by Axios and Israeli media.<\/p>\n<p>The matter was raised during the Crown Prince\u2019s November 18 meeting with US President Donald Trump at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siasat.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>US officials told Axios that the administration had anticipated progress on the issue, but the discussion became strained when Trump urged Saudi Arabia to sign onto the accords. Mohammed bin Salman responded that the Kingdom\u2019s position remains unchanged: any agreement must be tied to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=siasat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"google-news-btn\" style=\"display:inline-block;transition:transform .2s ease,box-shadow .2s ease;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0;font-size:0;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"213\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" style=\"display:block;margin:0;padding:0;height:70px;width:auto;\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/preferred_publisher.webp.webp\"\/><\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/mseducationacademy.in\/?ref=siasat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" style=\"display: block;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Memory Khan Seminar\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" style=\"width: auto; max-height: 280px;\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MS-NEET.webp.webp\"\/> <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Sources described the Crown Prince as firm and composed, saying he \u201cstood his ground\u201d despite repeated pressure. A senior US official said Trump left the meeting \u201cdisappointed,\u201d although Mohammed bin Salman did not rule out normalisation in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siasat.com\/khashoggi-murder-trump-dismisses-us-intel-that-saudi-prince-was-likely-aware-3298267\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"also-read-link\">Khashoggi murder: Trump dismisses US intel that Saudi prince was likely aware<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Israeli Channel 12 reported that the Crown Prince cited strong public opposition in Saudi Arabia following the Gaza war, noting that the Kingdom could not proceed while sentiment remains overwhelmingly against Israel. He reiterated that Palestinian statehood based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, is a non-negotiable prerequisite.<\/p>\n<p>The Crown Prince publicly reaffirmed this stance during their joint appearance in Washington, stressing that any durable peace in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siasat.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Middle East<\/a> requires a clear and enforceable two-state solution. His position aligns with Riyadh\u2019s long-standing approach to the conflict and its insistence on a just resolution for the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n<p>During their public remarks in Washington, Mohammed bin Salman reaffirmed that lasting regional stability requires an enforceable two-state solution, a position consistent with Riyadh\u2019s long-standing diplomatic stance.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the normalisation issue, the leaders discussed defence and economic cooperation, including potential access to US F-35 fighter jets and major Saudi investment initiatives. However, no progress was made on US efforts to secure Saudi participation in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siasat.com\/tag\/abraham-accords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Abraham Accords<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The trip marked the Crown Prince\u2019s first working visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siasat.com\/tag\/Washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Washington<\/a> since 2018. He travelled on the instruction of King Salman and at the invitation of the US President, spending three days in the American capital, according to a statement from the Saudi Royal Court.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.germantenhospitals.com\/?ref=siasat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Germanten Hospital\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Germanten-JointReplacement.webp.webp\"\/> <\/a>   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Washington: Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has rejected a US proposal to advance normalisation with Israel,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[54,42,46,43,78,87078,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-155099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-donald-trump","tag-headlines","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-saudi-crown-prince","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}