Just a year after announcing that diplomatic ties with Israel were getting closer, Saudi Arabia's de facto leader has shut down talk of normalisation as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to spread. Days after the war in Gaza broke out on October 7,

Just a year after announcing that diplomatic ties with Israel were getting closer, Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader has shut down talk of normalisation as

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman explicitly told the advisory Shura Council an 'independent Palestinian state' is a condition for normalisation.