Riyadh: Ahead of its high profile meeting with United States President Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia has made clear that it will not establish formal diplomatic relations with Israel unless there is a credible path toward the creation of a Palestinian state.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is scheduled to meet President Trump on November 18 in Washington. While the talks are expected to cover a wide range of issues, including security and economic cooperation, officials from Riyadh have repeated that normalization with Israel remains tied to progress on Palestinian statehood.

According to Saudi sources quoted by Reuters, the kingdom is firm in its view that normalization without meaningful movement toward a two state solution would be politically unacceptable. The kingdom, which ho

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