Saudi outreach to Israel 'faces setbacks' after Khashoggi crisis

[TomSea]

Saudi outreach to Israel 'faces setbacks' after Khashoggi crisis

A covert US-backed initiative to improve ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel is facing setbacks after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and two of his aides were implicated in a journalist's killing, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Prince Mohammed, whom the US Senate blamed for Jamal Khashoggi's killing in October, spearheaded the outreach to Israel, a longtime foe, the Journal said in a report on Tuesday.

But the global outcry over Khashoggi's murder in October and fallout within the royal court has diminished the prince's influence and dampened Saudi Arabia's appetite for risky foreign policy endeavours, the Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Read more at: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/saudi-outreach-israel-faces-setbacks-khashoggi-crisis-181219094957532.html

Honestly, would like to see this fixed.

[skeeter]

All is going as planned by the progressives. Chaos suits them just fine.

Rue the day the rodents on the left get unfettered power back.

[Fishrrman]

Consider the source of this article.

Sumthin' tells me the Israelis are quite pragmatic as to how they view the Saudis and that Khashoggi creep.

After all, look how the Israelis have targeted individuals in -their- past (the Munich terrorists come to mind)...