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May 31, 2022

The Path to Saudi-Israel Peace Could Lead through Jordan

Amman has an Iran problem.

The Israeli press recently reported on a series of long-rumored, if previously unconfirmed, visits by Israeli officials to Saudi Arabia going back to 2012. Among those who came to the kingdom and met with its senior leaders were then-IDF Chief of Staff, now-Foreign Minister Benny Gantz and, in 2020, then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. To Jonathan Schanzer, shared concerns over the fate of Jordan—which is threatened by the growing Iranian presence in Syria—could encourage Riyadh and Jerusalem to take their relationship out of the shadows:

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May 31, 2022

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