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Monday, November 3, 2025
Trump doubtful Saudis will insist on Palestinian statehood to normalize with Israel
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Trump again asserts that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is not serious by publicly conditioning normalizing relations with Israel on the eventual establishment of a Palestinian state.
Trump is asked on “60 Minutes” whether he believes the de facto Saudi leader’s recent assertion that he won’t join the Abraham Accords without a two-state solution.
“No,” he responds. “I think he’s going to join [the Abraham Accords].”
The last time Trump asserted that MBS is not sincere about his public demand for a pathway to a future Palestinian state, the Saudi Foreign Ministry issued a statement at 4 a.m. refuting the US president’s claim.
“We will have a solution. I don’t know if it’s going to be two-state. That’s gonna be up to Israel and other people, and me,” Trump says.
He goes on to reiterate his belief that the threat of a nuclear Iran is what has held countries back from joining the Abraham Accords and that those agreements will now be able to expand, thanks to the US strikes on Tehran’s nuclear program in June.
“We knocked the hell out of Iran, and then it was time to stop, and we stopped,” Trump says.
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