Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki says he hopes that Saudi Arabia will stick to its demands for a Palestinian state before normalizing ties with Israel.
Speaking to reporters in Ramallah, al-Maliki says, “What we have read from the news items is that Saudi has put different conditions regarding normalization.”
“One of these conditions is really the end of the Israeli occupation and the materialization of the state of Palestine,” he says. “If that’s really the case, then that’s really very important.”
“I hope that the Saudis will stick to that position and not yield to any kind of pressure, intimidation coming from the Biden administration or any other power.”
The Biden administration has been trying to negotiate a normalization deal between Jerusalem and Riyadh. While the move is a major policy goal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it’s unlikely that his hard-line coalition partners would agree to major concessions to the Palestinians as part of any deal.
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