Saudi Arabia is expected to demand guarantees to ensure progress on the issue of a Palestinian state in return, foreign diplomat says. 'The question is when, and the decision on the timing should be made within days'
A U.S. delegation, which was in Saudi Arabia to examine matters of religious freedom, decided to cut its visit short after its chair, an Orthodox rabbi, was asked to remove his kippah: "It's like asking somebody in Saudi Arabia to remove her hijab"
A day after U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the issues of hostage release and Israel-Saudi normalization were 'separate track[s],' Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry said there would be no relations absent a Palestinian state