M.AMINUR RAHMAN.
US President Joe Biden said on Friday that the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas that killed nearly 1,400 people is expected to disrupt the potential quality of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Riyadh said.
Biden suggested the Saudis need to understand Israel in remarks he made at a mission commitment drive. Google News Link For all the latest news, follow The Everyday Star's Google News channel. Saudi Arabia, a Middle Eastern power that would be regarded as the two holiest sites in Islam, and under Donald Trump's former US administration, has given its approval to Bay neighbors the Bedouin Emirates and Bahrain, establishing ties with Israel in 2020. Riyadh has not stuck to this same pattern, saying that the objectives of a Palestinian state should be addressed first.
"One of the reasons Hamas continues to press on Israel ... is they realize I'm going to fall out with the Saudis," Biden said.
"Prepare to be blown away. The Saudis needed to understand Israel."
The potential normalization of relations with Saudi Arabia and other Bedouin states was the first concern of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during his visit to Riyadh in June, although he acknowledged that any progress should not be normalized quickly.
Blinken told CNN on October 8 that "it wouldn't be a surprise that part of the motivation (for the attack) could be disrupting efforts to bring Saudi Arabia and Israel together."
Biden told CBS One Hour during a meeting that aired last Sunday that the prospect of standardization is "still alive, taking time."Israel responded to the Oct. 7 attack by pounding Gaza with airstrikes, killing more than 4,000 people, and said it would work to free prisoners of Hamas attackers while clearing the rally.
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