Former Saudi intelligence chief ties Israel normalisation to Palestinian solution

Saudi Arabia’s former intelligence chief, Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, said in an interview with the Times of Israel that Riyadh will only pursue normalisation with Tel Aviv when Israel begins acting like a normal country and accepting international law. 

“Saudi Arabia is not considering a normalisation deal with Israel. Should Israel become a normal country with normal acceptance of international law, then Saudi Arabia will consider normalisation,” he said.

“Normalising ties with Israel was conditioned by reaching that final and fair solution to the Palestinian cause. Therefore, Saudi statements on a ‘pathway’ mean the need for a reliable peaceful process that leads to [that] final solution, with the understanding that such a process requires involvement of many international and regional countries, including Saudi Arabia, to engage in such a process.”