On September 22, 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country was on the cusp of a dramatic breakthrough that would change the Middle East forever. The prime minister was referring to a normalization of diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia, Israel’s richest neighbor and the birthplace of Islam.

But only a few weeks later, a deadly terror attack by Hamas in Israel reignited the oldest conflict in the region and quickly spiraled into a war. America’s Arab partners in the Middle East like Saudi Arabia are caught between delicate diplomatic relations and angry constituencies back home.

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