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Could Israeli technology aid Saudi Arabia's struggles to stop Houthi missile attacks? - analysis

Attacks on Riyadh’s airport and Saudi Aramco’s headquarters exposed gaps in the kingdom’s air defenses. Israeli technology and intelligence could help, but political barriers complicate cooperation.

 In this handout screengrab released by the Houthi group Media Center on September 16, 2024, Yemen's Houthi group shows the firing of the so-called surface-to-surface “hypersonic ballistic missile.”
 An F-35 plane stands on the tarmac at Nevatim Air Force Base.

US approves possible F-35 Saudi deal despite Israeli push to link normalization, sale - analysis

President Isaac Herzog speaks at a conference in Herzliya, June 30, 2026.

Herzog, Saudi official interviews revive Saudi-Israel ties amid Iran strikes on Gulf - analysis

 US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) attends a news conference a day after supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump occupied the Capitol building, in Washington, US January 7, 2021.

Graham aimed to reach Israel-Saudi normalization before end of year as prize for Iran war - report


Castles in the sand

The Saudi crown prince’s reformist ambitions bring to mind the precedents of post-Shogun Japan, post-Ottoman Turkey and post-Mao China – with a few exceptions, some potentially fateful.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde attend the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, on October 24

IDF Chief of Staff: Israel willing to share intelligence with Saudis

Eisenkot made the statement in a rare interview with Saudi-owned newspaper 'Elaph.'

Gadi Eisenkot

Report: Saudi document lays out plans for peace with Israel

Foreign Ministry paper allegedly offers peace with the Jewish state in exchange for US pressure on Iran.

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman enter the State Dining Room of the White House

Analysis: Bahrain hopes overtures to Israel and Jews will cover up human rights abuses

While one might be tempted to think that the king has undergone a spiritual conversion to Zionism, in fact the Bahraini posture cannot be detached from realpolitik considerations.

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (R) speaks to British Prime Minister Theresa May (L) during the first Gulf Cooporative Council's (GCC) " GCC British Summit", in Sakhir Palace Bahrain, December 7, 2016.

Saudi Arabia says king's contact with US helped ease Jerusalem tensions

King Salman contacted the US government and called for an end to restrictions on entry to the mosque, the statement said.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (L), Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef , and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump walk during a reception ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 20, 2017

Saudi prince promoted as heir to throne is hardliner on Iran

"He’s the architect of a series of steps bringing Saudi Arabia to be of one mind with Israel."

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman waves

Ministers concerned Saudi arms deal might blunt Israel's military edge

"Saudi Arabia is a hostile country and we must ensure that Israel’s qualitative military edge is preserved."

Members of Saudi security forces take part in a military parade

Report: Arab states offer Israel improved ties in exchange for peace concessions

Israel would be expected to freeze settlement construction as part of steps toward normalizing ties.

A meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh [File]

Candidly Speaking: Nine challenges confronting Israel

We have never been so self-reliant or as powerful as we are today, and in as optimal a position to defend ourselves.

A woman holding an Israeli flag

Exclusive: US planning Israeli-Palestinian-Gulf peace summit, sources say

No event has been formally planned, and additional sources from both Israel and the US denied that a summit was the purpose of a recent flurry of American diplomatic activity in the region.

PM Netanyahu and President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas in Washington, 2010