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Will the Ceasefire Lead to Normalization with Saudi Arabia?
(Institute for National Security Studies-Tel Aviv University) Yoel Guzansky and Ilan Zalayat - Since the war began, Saudi Arabia has intensified its tone toward Israel, and public messages from Riyadh have become critical, even venomous. In November, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman accused Israel of committing "collective genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza. The Saudis have also become defenders of the Palestinian cause as they had never been before, seeking to capitalize on the anti-Israeli sentiment in the region. They have initiated an international "alliance" aimed at promoting the establishment of a Palestinian state. They want to be credited with the eventual establishment of a Palestinian state. Since the war began, they have publicly linked normalization with Israel to the establishment of a Palestinian state, a stance it had not taken before the war. Yoel Guzansky is a senior researcher at INSS, where Ilan Zalayat is a research associate.