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Saudi ‘optimistic’ about securing Trump backing for Palestine recognition this week

A fresh proposal from Riyadh would see the unprecedented diplomatic shift tied to the end of the Gaza War and normalisation with Israel

By Jacob Jaffa

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Saudi officials are reportedly optimistic that Donald Trump will back Palestinian recognition during his regional tour this week (Pictured: Trump meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in 2018; Image: Getty)
A Jewish Voice for Peace protest against Israel (Getty)

‘I can’t discuss Israel with my anti-Zionist kids – it’s pointless.’

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An S-200 surface-to-air missile system on display in Iran (Image: Getty)

What the massive build-up of US military assets in the Middle East really means

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Security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government ride in the back of a vehicle moving along a road in Syria's western city of Latakia on March 9, 2025. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Silence over jihadi butchery in Syria tells you all you need to know about the West’s distorted view of the Middle East

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Iran has reportedly established a new terror group in Syria following the fall of Assad. (Pictured: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah ALI Khamenei greets a gathering personnel from the Iranian Army, Air Force and Air Defence Force; Image: Alamy)

Iran establishes new terror group in Syria to halt post-Assad ‘occupation’

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Yechiel Leiter has hinted that Israeli-Saudi normalisation is be 'closer than ever' (Image: X/Yechiel Leiter)

Israel’s new US ambassador suggests Saudi normalisation on the brink

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Newly elected Lebanese president Joseph Aoun reviews an honour guard upon his arrival at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on Jan. 9, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Why Lebanon's new president represents yet another blow to Hezbollah and Iran

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