Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been adamant that the Palestinians will not be given a state after the aggression of October 7, 2023, and recent events have strongly suggested the Netanyahu government would not survive taking a step down the “path of a two-state solution,” that MBS discussed. Any U.S. civilian nuclear deal would most likely include a promise that the Saudis would not enrich their own uranium or reprocess spent nuclear fuel, similar to the commitment made by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) when it opened the Barakah nuclear power plant, the first in the Arab world. The long-gestating nuclear deal is bound up in the Abraham Accords debate, as both the Biden and Trump administrations wanted Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel as the price for obtaining nuclear power technology, and the Saudis will not take that step until Palestinian statehood is addressed to their satisfaction.
Author: John Hayward
Published at: 2025-11-18 21:50:26
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