Israel-Bahrain-Emirates agreements: "Saudi Arabia has sent signals but it is not imminent"
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By: Florent Guignard
8 min
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu signed on September 15 with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain historic agreements denounced by the Palestinians, under the aegis of Donald Trump who hopes to appear as a "peacemaker" before the US presidential election.
Donald Trump said he expected Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel in turn, "when the time comes".
All eyes are on the main Arab power in the Gulf, the world's largest oil exporter and guardian of Islam's holy sites - which will allow planes connecting Israel and the Emirates to cross its airspace.
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Is concluding a formal agreement with Israel possible for the Saudi kingdom?
Elements of answer with Stéphane Lacroix, professor at Sciences-Po and researcher at the International Research Center (CERI), specialist in Saudi Arabia and political Islam.
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