In recent weeks, Saudi Arabia has sent messages to the U.S. administration that it’s ready to resume discussions about joining the Abraham Accords—but set a dramatic condition: significant concessions from Israel in Judea and Samaria.
1+Against this backdrop, Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior advisor to President Donald Trump, has been working behind the scenes to advance a communication channel between the United States and the Palestinian Authority through Saudi mediation—aiming to boost the ‘PA”s legitimacy within the Trump administration.
Kushner’s mediation effectively opens a relationship between the ‘Palestinian Authority’ and the United States with the goal of reaching a new version of a memorandum of understanding that could pave the way toward normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia. This would allow the European Union and other countries to pressure Israel to make concessions that would strengthen the ‘Palestinian Authority’.
1+If the American-Saudi move to strengthen the ‘Palestinian Authority’ does come to fruition, it’s safe to assume that even if the right-wing government tries to block it, the initiative would gain momentum if the left-center bloc wins the elections.