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| Israel denies report Saudis suspending normalization talks over Palestinian issue |
| 2023-09-18 |
Negotiating in public with all the drama of the souk. But in private they’ve been working together for over twenty years, so it doesn’t matter nearly as much as is claimed — and it lets the Biden administration feel like they’re important. [IsraelTimes] Saudi-owned site says hardline Netanyahu government’s refusal to make concessions to Paleostinians at heart of decision to pull away; Israeli, US officials say it’s untrue.A Saudi-owned newspaper reported Sunday that the nation has told the Biden administration it is freezing US-brokered efforts to normalize relations with Israel because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government is unwilling to make any concessions to the Paleostinians. An Israeli and an American official both said the report was false. According to the report in the Elaph newspaper, supposedly citing officials in Netanyahu’s office, the US has informed Israel of the Saudi stance. Ah. A game of telephone involving anonymous sources — what odds everyone properly heard what was being said, there were no cultural/language miscommunications, and absolutely no one in the chain (including the Saudi news site staff and especially the Biden administration functionairies) had ulterior motives coloring what was said or heard? It said that Israel was "confused" by the move, believing that the Saudis were prepared to move ahead with normalizing ties without linking it to the progress on the Paleostinian issue. |
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