Saudi Arabia rejects Trump's condition linking Israel ties to nuclear deal

Published Jul 27, 09:16 PM UTC

Saudi Arabia is showing no willingness to accept President Trump's retroactive condition that Riyadh establish diplomatic ties with Israel as part of a nuclear energy deal with the United States. Saudi leaders have not even acknowledged that the deal signed last week is canceled. Normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia had been a central element of broader regional diplomacy, but Riyadh's current stance indicates resistance to linking the nuclear agreement to normalization. The article highlights the tension between Trump's demands and Saudi Arabia's position, suggesting a potential impasse in US-Saudi nuclear cooperation.