I Have Been To Several Arab Countries

TEL AVIV, KOMPAS.com – Prime Minister Israel Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday (2/1/2021) hinted that he had recently visited several Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia last November.

Launch the Times of IsraelNetanyahu admitted to officials from his Likud Party that he had recently visited several countries other than the United Arab Emirates (UAE) but could not specify which countries he visited.

Even so, according to the Walla news website, it is possible that Netanyahu might strike a deal with Iraqi Kurds.

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The forecast comes two weeks after Netanyahu said that “more countries” would sign a normalization agreement with Israel.

“It’s much faster than many people expected,” Netanyahu was quoted as saying the Times of Israel.

As for the November 2020 meeting, Netanyahu reportedly met Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Red Sea city of Neom with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

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The meeting focused on discussions on Iran and the establishment of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel but did not produce anything substantive.

Israeli Education Minister Yoav Gallant also confirmed the trip, calling it an “extraordinary achievement”.

However, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan denied that Netanyahu or any other official from the country Jewish It has taken part in a meeting with the crown prince, in a tweet issued hours after reports began circulating.

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Since September 2020, Israel has reached a normalization agreement with the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.

Therefore, US officials say a deal with Saudi Arabia is “inevitable”.

Saudi officials, however, have said a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine must take precedence before recognition of the Jewish state.

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