Secretary of State Tony Blinken during his recent visit to Niger urged the country's president to move toward normalizing relations with Israel, two U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shrugged off any possible consequences of the rapprochement deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran during an interview on 19 April with CNBC, saying that the agreement has “very little” to do with Israel.
“Saudi Arabia, the leadership there, has no illusions about who their adversaries are and who their friends are in [West Asia]. They understand that Israel is an indispensable partner for the Arab world in achieving security, prosperity, and peace,” Netanyahu said.
When pressed on how Tel Aviv rationalizes the kingdom’s normalization of ties with – a country Israel attacks on a near-weekly basis – and their warm welcome of leaders, Netanyahu alleged Saudi authorities were likely telling them “to prepare themselves [for normalization with Israel] — maybe to try to tell them to stop doing the kind of terror they foment.”
He later denied awareness of any Chinese initiative to mediate a solution to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, saying, “I’m not aware of any specific offer of this kind … Look, we respect China, we deal with China a great deal. But we also know we have an indispensable alliance with our great friend, the United States.”
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