Saudi Arabia and the United States are finalizing the details of a landmark deal to strengthen bilateral trade and defense – but an agreement will not be reached if the kingdom and Israel do not establish diplomatic relations,

The Biden administration and Saudi Arabia are finalizing an agreement for U.S. security guarantees and civilian nuclear assistance, even as an Israel-Saudi normalization deal envisioned as part of a Middle East “grand bargain” remains elusive,

Saudi Arabia has stepped up the arrest of citizens for social-media posts related to the Israel-Hamas war as the kingdom signals a readiness to agree to diplomatic relations with the Jewish state — if it commits to Palestinian statehood.

The US and Saudi Arabia have drafted a set of agreements on security and technology-sharing which were intended to be linked to a broader Middle East settlement involving Israel and the Palestinians.

The US and Saudi Arabia are said to be nearing a historic pact that would offer the kingdom security guarantees and lay out a possible pathway to diplomatic ties with Israel. The agreement would amount to a new version of a framework that was scuttled by the Israel-Hamas war.

ALBAWABA- The U.S. State Department spokesperson, Matt Miller, announced on Thursday that the United States, Israel, and Saudi Arabia are on the verge of reaching an agreement on the "bilateral details" of a significant deal aimed at normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia has been very clear there will be no agreement in this regard while the conflict is raging,” Miller said, adding that Riyadh had two requirements for an agreement: calm in Gaza and a path to Palestinian statehood.

The US and Saudi Arabia are nearing a historic pact that would offer the kingdom security guarantees and lay out a possible pathway to diplomatic ties with Israel, if its government brings the war in Gaza to an end,

Washington and Riyadh are worried that the third party to the normalization agreement will endanger their security interests in the name of political interests – so they're preparing a contingency plan,