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US envoy says hope not lost for normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia
US energy envoy Amos Hochstein says that the Biden administration has not lost hope that normalization can be achieved between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
US-mediated talks between the two countries were frozen amid the Israel-Hamas war.
The Reuters news agency quotes Hochstein as saying that he did not think hope should be lost and that the normalization goal remains. He adds that the US remains committed to regional integration but it has to be broader than Saudi-Israel.