Greater Middle East (bbabo.net), - One of the reasons for the attack of the Palestinian radical Hamas movement on Israel on October 7, 2022 could be the US attempt to normalize relations between Saudi Arabia and the Jewish state. President of the United States of America Joe Biden announced this on Friday, January 19, during a conference at the White House.
“The reason Hamas did what it did was because I was going to get a deal with Saudi Arabia and I wanted to normalize relations (Riyadh and Tel Aviv),” he said.
According to him, the US plans were also to “change the dynamics” in the Middle East region.
On October 13, Reuters, citing sources, reported that Saudi Arabia had suspended the process of normalizing relations with Israel. Relevant negotiations will be postponed. When they resume, the issue of Israeli concessions to the Palestinians needs to be given special attention, one of the publication’s interlocutors noted.
The situation in the Middle East escalated on the morning of October 7, when Hamas subjected Israel to massive rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, and also invaded border areas in the south of the country and took hostages. That same day, Israel began retaliating against targets in the Gaza Strip.
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