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Daily Briefing: SAUDI ARABIA FLEXES ITS DIPLOMATIC AND ECONOMIC MUSCLES

POLL:  SAUDIS SEEK ‘SOME TIES’ WITH ISRAEL

New Saudi Opinion Poll Shows 40 Percent Still Back Some Ties with Israel; Three-Fourths Say Rocket Fire Against Israel Will Have Negative Effects:  David Pollock, Washington Institute, May 15, 2023 — Against the background of this week’s exchanges of fire between Israel and Gaza, it is striking that the solid majority (76%) of Saudi citizens say that Hamas “firing missiles or rockets against Israel from Gaza” will have “negative effects on our region.” 


Will Israel, Saudi Regional Integration Herald New Diplomacy Golden Age? – Analysis:  Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, May 8, 2023
Saudi-Iran Rapprochement and Saudi-Israel Normalization: No Contradiction Intended:  Dr. Yechiel M. Leiter, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, No. 662, May 15, 2023
And They’re Off: The US Is Driving a Middle East Nuclear Arms Race:  Jonathan Schachter, The Hill, Apr. 25, 2023
Saudi Arabia-Hamas Relations: At a Turning Point?: Yohanan Tzoreff and Yoel Guzansky, INSS Insight No. 1722, May 11, 2023


FOR FURTHER REFERENCE:

Negotiating Saudi Arabia’s Defeat And The Houthi Victory In Yemen Thomas Juneau, War on the Rocks, May 15, 2023 — The images of hundreds of prisoners embracing their families after being exchanged between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed internationally recognized government of Yemen were striking. 
 
The China Challenge in the Middle East Michael Doran and Mohammed Khalid Alyahya, Hudson Institute, April 2023 — When Chinese leader Xi Jinping brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the White House welcomed the news.
 
Saudi Arabia, Syria to Restore Diplomatic Ties After a Decade, Reopen Missions:  WION, YouTube, May 13, 2023 — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad cemented his return to the Arab fold recently after Saudi Arabia said it will reopen its diplomatic mission in Syria.
 
Saudi FM Discusses Regional, International Developments with Russia’s Lavrov:  Al Arabiya English, May 13, 2023 — Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed regional and international developments with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov during a phone call on Friday, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

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