Saudi Arabia Says Palestinian State a Must for Ties With Israel
Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan at the United Nations in New York on July 28.
Photographer: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images
Saudi Arabia can normalize ties with Israel only after the establishment of a Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan said, reiterating the kingdom’s stance days after President Emmanuel Macron said France would recognize it in September.
“For the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, normalization with Israel can only come through the establishment of a Palestinian state,” Bin Farhan said at a United Nations press conference with his French counterpart, Jean-Noël Barrot, on the two-state solution.