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Road to normalising ties with Saudi Arabia ‘still long’: Israeli official

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, has made it clear that he would like to make a deal with Saudi Arabia and the man long considered to be its de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman [Maya Alleruzzo and Bandar Al-Jaloud/AFP]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security adviser says the road to normalising ties with Saudi Arabia is “still long” as members of his far-right government rule out concessions to Palestinians as part of any deal.

United States officials have sought for months to reach what would be a historic agreement that Netanyahu has said would be a huge step towards ending the Israel-Palestine conflict, but Riyadh has signalled a deal would rest on Palestinian statehood.

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