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Illustrative: Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal talks to the Associated Press in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, November 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
December 23, 2025, 1:17 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 23: Day 809 – Saudi prince tells ToI Israel needs to start being ‘normal’
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on his interview with Prince Turki bin Faisal, US Ambassador Huckabee’s rare meetup with the PA, and why US Vice President Vance feels Americans aren’t antisemitic
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
Saudi Arabia's former intelligence minister Prince Turki bin Faisal al-Saud attends the meeting of foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on March 30, 2017. (FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP)
December 22, 2025, 4:49 pm
Ex-Saudi intel chief to ToI: Riyadh will consider normalization when Israel acts normally
In very rare engagement with Israeli media, Prince Turki bin Faisal says kingdom won’t forge ties with Israel without ‘resolution to Palestinian issue entailing two-state solution’
By Jacob Magid
Screen capture from video of Saudi Cabinet member of the Minister of Foreign Affairs's Manal Radwan, attending the opening day of the Doha Forum, an annual diplomatic conference, in Doha on December 6, 2025. (YouTube)
December 7, 2025, 11:09 am
Senior Saudi diplomat: It’s Israel, not PA, that most needs reform to secure peace
Manal Radwan says Palestinian Authority is already working on reforms, but Israeli government opposes two-state solution, incites against Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims
By Jacob Magid
In this November 24, 2018, photo, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
December 7, 2020, 4:52 pm
Good prince, bad prince: Why Israelis shouldn’t be shocked by Saudi royal’s rant
Turki bin Faisal often looked like the public face of Riyadh’s covert rapprochement with Jerusalem; then he launched a harangue against normalization
By Raphael Ahren
Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal al-Saudi speaking at the IISS Manama Dialogue, December 6, 2020 (screen shot IISS)
December 6, 2020, 2:31 pm
Saudi prince: Bully Israel steals land, puts Palestinians in concentration camps
Turki al-Faisal also says Israel ‘assassinates who it wants to,’ built ‘apartheid wall,’ and denies equal rights to its non-Jewish citizens; FM Ashkenazi slams false accusations
By Raphael Ahren
Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani looks on during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/Pool via AP)
November 19, 2020, 1:35 am
Bahraini FM urges Biden to talk to Mideast partners before reentering Iran deal
Call comes after Israel, Saudis urged new administration not to return to 2015 agreement, which US president-elect promised to do during his campaign
By ToI Staff
In this November 24, 2018, file photo, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal talks to the Associated Press in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
November 18, 2020, 6:15 pm
Saudi prince cautions Biden against returning to Iran nuclear deal
Israel also braces for US re-entry, with foreign minister heading team aimed at ensuring Jerusalem’s concerns will be taken into account if and when accord renegotiated
By Jacob Magid
This undated publicity photo shows a scene from 'Umm Haroun,' a Saudi-made television series aired during Ramadan that has sparked controversy by offering a positive depiction of a Jewish community in the Gulf that existed before the creation of Israel. (MBC Group via AP)
May 3, 2020, 4:13 pm
Creators defend Saudi series, saying positive depiction is of Jews, not Israelis
Controversy swirls around TV production, screened amid warming Jerusalem-Riyadh ties; head writer says he wants to send message that societies used to be much more tolerant
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting of Arab and European leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh on February 24, 2019. (Credit: Wafa)
February 25, 2019, 3:11 am
Abbas urges Europeans to play greater role in peace process, recognize Palestine
PA chief tells summit in Egypt that EU nations’ failure to recognize Palestinian statehood is a betrayal of their values, insists such a move would not jeopardize negotiations
By Adam Rasgon
Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud with Channel 13's Barak Ravid, February 2019 (Twitter screenshot)
February 13, 2019, 10:20 pm
Saudi Prince Turki to Israeli TV: Netanyahu deceiving Israel about peace chances
Veteran diplomat, in unprecedented interview, says Riyadh wants to ‘get our point across directly’ to Israelis: Solve the Palestinian issue and then ‘we can go far’
By ToI Staff
Protestors hold pictures of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 5, 2018. (AFP/ OZAN KOSE)
October 20, 2018, 4:11 am
Khashoggi: From Saudi royal insider to open critic
Conflicting descriptions have pegged journalist as a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer, an aide to the monarchy, a critic of the regime, a liberal, and even a friend of Bin Laden
By AFP
Former Mossad chief Efraim Haley (L), Prince Turki bin Faisal al-Saud, former chief of Saudi intelligence (C) and Michèle Flournoy, former US undersecretary of defense for policy (R) talk with the Israel Policy Forum's executive director David Halperin during a panel discussion at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center in New York City on October 22, 2017 (Screen capture)
October 23, 2017, 10:09 pm
In NY synagogue, Saudi Royal and ex-Mossad chief debate Trump’s Iran approach
‘After Trump decertifies nuke deal and vows to leave it if Congress doesn’t make changes,’ Efrain Halevy says deal should ‘focus on the nuclear issue and nothing else’
By Eric Cortellessa
Former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy (right) and Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal al-Saud (composite image: Wikimedia Commons/AP)
October 9, 2017, 11:15 pm
Saudi royal, former Mossad chief to talk two states in a NY synagogue
Israel policy group will hold five US events this month to ‘grapple with’ peace process in face of Trump’s tepidity on Palestinian statehood
By Eric Cortellessa
Benjamin Netanyahu sitting in Knesset on June 1, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2016, 10:43 pm
Netanyahu tries to turn Arab Peace Initiative on its head
The Arab world has long conditioned normalized ties with Israel on a solution to the Palestinian conflict. The PM appears to be trying to reverse the process
By Raphael Ahren
Saudi Arabia's Prince Turki al-Faisal and Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former national security adviser, share a platform at the Washington Institute, May 5, 2016. (Washington Institute screenshot)
May 6, 2016, 7:44 am
In rare joint appearance, Saudi prince, ex-Netanyahu adviser spar over peace
Al-Faisal says Netanyahu doesn’t support two-state solution; Amidor says Abbas doesn’t want to negotiate; the two differ less on the dangers of Iran and Syria
By Eric Cortellessa
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