{"id":14578,"date":"2023-09-20T19:22:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T19:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/business\/joe-biden-and-benjamin-netanyahu-vow-to-work-together-to-normalise-israel-saudi-relations\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T19:22:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T19:22:45","slug":"joe-biden-and-benjamin-netanyahu-vow-to-work-together-to-normalise-israel-saudi-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/?p=14578","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu vow to work together to normalise Israel-Saudi relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Receive free Middle Eastern politics &amp; society updates<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>We\u2019ll send you a <i>myFT Daily Digest<\/i> email rounding up the latest<!-- --> <!-- -->Middle Eastern politics &amp; society<!-- --> news every morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=cb1a09b8-2408-450f-8044-e8038c332ca0&amp;concept-id=8635546c-c2db-4cbc-ae74-6196ebbc8c1f\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>US President Joe Biden met Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday for the first time since Israel\u2019s prime minister returned to office, with the two leaders pledging to work together to advance the normalisation of Israel\u2019s relations with Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting took place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, rather than Washington, more than eight months after Netanyahu returned to power, underscoring the deep friction between the pair. <\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu\u2019s far-right government and the Biden administration have clashed over the Israeli leader\u2019s contentious judicial overhaul, his treatment of the Palestinians and opposition to US diplomacy with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Biden said ahead of the meeting that the pair would address \u201csome of the hard issues\u201d and that he hoped to welcome Netanyahu to the White House by the end of the year. The White House later said the president invited him, though no date for the visit has been set.<\/p>\n<p>This was taken as a sign that Biden may be willing to put some of those differences behind him as the two seek common cause in normalising relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, a long-sought goal for both governments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you and I, 10 years ago, were talking about normalisation with Saudi Arabia, I think we\u2019d look at each other like, \u2018who\u2019s been drinking what?\u2019,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>A White House account of the meeting said they discussed normalisation and Iran, among other issues, and Biden urged Netanyahu to take immediate measures to address the deteriorating security situation in the West Bank and repeated his concern about \u201cany fundamental changes to Israel\u2019s democratic system, absent the broadest possible consensus\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu, already Israel\u2019s longest-serving prime minister who returned to office in December after a period in opposition, said he was optimistic that the long-shot attempt to finally establish full ties between his country and Saudi Arabia would bear fruit during Biden\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that under your leadership, Mr President, we can forge a historic peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia,\u201d Netanyahu said. \u201cI think such a peace would go a long way for us to advance the end of the Arab-Israeli conflict, achieve reconciliation between the Islamic world and the Jewish state and advance a genuine peace between Israel and the Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three-way deal between the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia could include civil nuclear co-operation and some kind of defence pact between Washington and Riyadh, as well as some Israeli gesture towards the Palestinians, the Financial Times has reported.<\/p>\n<p>After the meeting, a senior US administration official said \u201cnormalisation is a very complicated issue\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody has ever said this is right around the corner,\u201d the official said. \u201cWe have been making some progress\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009and there\u2019s some ways to travel on this before we get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu has long opposed US efforts, first under former president Barack Obama and now under Biden, to reach a diplomatic arrangement with Iran to address its nuclear programme. <\/p>\n<p>Washington and Tehran this week completed a prisoner swap deal that will also mean the US moving $6bn in frozen Iranian assets from South Korea to an account in Qatar. US diplomats viewed the deal as a confidence-building measure that could allow them to address other issues, including Iran\u2019s nuclear programme. <\/p>\n<p> Netanyahu said: \u201cThat shared goal of ours can be achieved by a credible military threat, crippling sanctions and supporting the brave men and women of Iran who despise that regime and who are our real partners for a better future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has been unusually public in his opposition to Netanyahu\u2019s plans to overhaul his country\u2019s Supreme Court and other judicial changes, urging Israel\u2019s leader to build consensus. Netanyahu reaffirmed his commitment to democracy in remarks ahead of Wednesday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to uphold the values that both our proud democracies cherish,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/cb1a09b8-2408-450f-8044-e8038c332ca0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Receive free Middle Eastern politics &amp; society updates We\u2019ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Middle Eastern politics &amp; society news every morning. 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