Saudi Arabia: Relations with Israel only if it recognizes Palestine. Riyadh's Foreign Ministry said this yesterday, quoted by the international media.
In a separate statement, the Saudi ambassador to the UK, Khalid bin Bandar, told the BBC that Riyadh was interested in normalizing relations with Israel after the war. Any deal must lead to the creation of a Palestinian state, he said. Reproduction of this article is strictly prohibited in the U.S. without written permission from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.