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Saudi-Palestinian relations

The deputy chairman of the PLO, Hussein al-Sheikh, alongside the chairman, who also serves as President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, April 24, 2025. (X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 29, 2025, 1:44 am
Mahmoud Abbas’s newly anointed deputy to make first diplomatic visit to Saudi Arabia
Aiming to boost his standing among Palestinians and abroad, Hussein al-Sheikh will meet next week with top Saudi officials in preparation for Trump’s high-stakes trip to the region
By Jacob Magid
A handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) shows PA President Mahmoud Abbas (L) meeting with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Riyadh on August 27, 2024. (Thaer Ghanaim / PPO / AFP)
October 1, 2024, 10:05 am
Ending embargo, Saudi Arabia to send $60 million to Palestinian Authority – report
In apparent warming of ties, kingdom to give funds to cash-strapped Ramallah in four monthly payments, in arrangement struck during Abbas visit to Riyadh
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, meeting with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Saudi port city of Jeddah, April 19, 2023. (Wafa)
August 2, 2024, 1:36 am
Saudi leader to host Abbas next week, as talk of Israel normalization deal fades
Crown prince and PA president to discuss impact of Haniyeh assassination on Gaza war, while trying to coordinate on how to approach potential Trump or Harris administrations
By Jacob Magid
File - Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich addresses the press ahead of his Religious Zionism's weekly faction meeting in the Knesset, June 10, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 19, 2024, 5:34 pm
Is the US poised to sanction an Israeli minister for the first time?
Some in administration suggest order Biden signed to target West Bank destabilizers should be used against Smotrich, whose withholding of funds has the PA on the verge of collapse
By Jacob Magid
As Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi, third from right, speaks to reporters, United Arab Emirates Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Ebrahim Al Hashimy, left, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, second from left, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki, third from left, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, second from right, and Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit listen after a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
January 29, 2024, 8:55 pm
Report: Arab intel chiefs discuss reforming PA for a postwar return to Gaza
At unpublicized meeting in Riyadh earlier this month, Saudi national security adviser said to tell PA, Egypt, Jordan that Gulf kingdom still interested in normalization with Israel
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo in the West Bank city Ramallah, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. (Alaa Badarneh/Pool via AP)
November 30, 2023, 8:25 pm
PA’s Abbas a ‘liability’ in planning for post-war Gaza, Arab officials say
PA president can’t be relied on to take over after Hamas, Arab diplomats tell ToI, highlighting Ramallah’s ineffective governance as a factor in its current weakened state
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem, September 15, 2010. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
October 4, 2023, 9:00 pm
Israel looking to limit scope of Palestinian component of Saudi normalization deal
As Biden advisers make another trip to Riyadh for talks with MBS, Netanyahu’s aides dismiss Abbas as ‘mayor of Ramallah’ and insist he won’t dictate agreement’s terms
By Jacob Magid
US President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, September 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
September 29, 2023, 3:07 am
Report: For Saudi deal, PM open to steps to keep chance for Palestinian peace alive
Biden told Netanyahu that he wants agreement to include measures that maintain prospects for two-state solution; Netanyahu kept his affirmative response vague
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Palestinians seen on the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 17, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
September 27, 2023, 3:26 pm
New Saudi envoy to PA said to cancel visit to Al Aqsa to avoid Palestinian backlash
Visit planned for Wednesday reportedly postponed amid Ramallah’s resistance and social media calls to disrupt it, as some view it as sign of normalization with Israel
By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff
A Saudi diplomat listens to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2023. (Prime Minister's Office)
September 26, 2023, 7:49 pm
Saudis putting aside Arab Peace Initiative amid Israel normalization talks – officials
Riyadh will continue to pay lip service to proposal conditioning peace with Israel on Palestinian state, but those involved in effort say kingdom ready to normalize ties for less
By Jacob Magid
This handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) shows PA President Mahmoud Abbas (R) receiving the credentials of Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Palestine Nayef al-Sudairi, at the former's office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on September 26, 2023. (Thaer Ghanaim/PPO/AFP)
September 26, 2023, 4:04 pm
New Saudi envoy meets Abbas, backs Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as capital
Amid Israel normalization talks, Nayef al-Sudairi presents credentials as first ambassador to PA, heading kingdom’s first delegation to West Bank in 30 years; may visit Al-Aqsa
By ToI Staff
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on October 16, 2019, shows King Salman bin Abdulaziz (R) receiving Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) in the capital Riyadh. (AFP / Saudi Royal Palace / Bandar AL-JALOUD)
September 26, 2023, 1:40 pm
PA officials: If Israel stops unilateral actions for Saudi deal, we’ll stop ours
Saudis ‘told us they’re not brokers between us and Israel. They’re our partners,’ Palestinian official says, expressing confidence Riyadh won’t forget their cause
By Jacob Magid
Saudi Ambassador Nayef Al-Sudairi (L) presents his credentials to Palestinian Authority diplomatic adviser Majdi al-Khalidi at the Palestinian embassy in Jordan on August 12, 2023. (Wafa)
September 25, 2023, 8:19 pm
Saudi delegation to visit West Bank this week as Israel normalization talk increases
New non-resident ambassador to lead delegation and present his credentials to PA’s Abbas; Riyadh condemns Israeli ‘extremist’ provocations as Jews pray on Temple Mount
By ToI Staff
Saudi Foreign Affairs minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrives at the Bureau International des Exposition (BIE) to discuss Riyadh's bid to host Expo 2030 World Expo in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, on June 20, 2023. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
September 19, 2023, 10:16 am
Only way to solve conflict is independent Palestinian state, says top Saudi diplomat
Comment by Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan at UN event comes amid US-brokered efforts for Israeli-Saudi normalization, in which Riyadh is demanding concessions to Palestinians
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, and EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell at an event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly aimed at reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process on September 18, 2023. (Egypt Foreign Ministry/ Twitter)
September 18, 2023, 10:23 pm
‘100% carrots’: Arab states, EU unveil plan to entice Israel, PA to sign peace deal
Initiative’s European architect highlights effort to show parties what will be available to them if they reach a deal; Arab participants use event to blast Israeli policies
By Jacob Magid
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