Pompeo: Many people in Saudi Arabia want to normalize ties with Israel

• Author: Elad Benari
• Published date: 01 March 2021
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

Pompeo made the comments in a recorded video address to the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement, which will give him its inaugural Global Leadership Award on Monday.

"Predicting the future has proven a struggle for me," Pompeo said, adding that he thinks "many more" countries will seek ties with Israel.

"I hope that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia can find its way to join the Abraham Accords. I know that many inside that country want that to take place," continued Pompeo.

In recent years there have been reports of secret contacts between Israel and Saudi Arabia, which the Saudis have denied.

In the wake of the Abraham Accords, it has been widely speculated that Saudi Arabia would join the UAE and Bahrain and normalize ties with Israel.

Saudi officials have repeatedly stressed that while the...