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US officials have reported that President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to persuade more Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel before the November elections are focused on Sudan, according to the newspaper. The New York Times.

The officials stressed that the most important goal of these efforts is to persuade Saudi Arabia to normalize relations, noting that it is unlikely that Riyadh will sign the peace treaty this year.

Two senior Israeli officials familiar with the talks added that while Saudi officials participated in negotiations to normalize relations between the UAE and Bahrain on the one hand and Israel on the other hand, they had no plans to do so themselves in the near future.

The sources who spoke to the American newspaper on condition of anonymity added that Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, participated in the Emirati and Bahraini initiatives, and secretly helped pressure other countries in the region to support these moves.

This is consistent with what the British Guardian newspaper quoted sources close to the Saudi royal court, Thursday, that it is unlikely that Riyadh will conclude an agreement with Israel before the US elections, although any agreement between the two parties is closer than ever before, and instead The kingdom is likely to urge its regional allies to sign agreements with Israel.

The Guardian: It is unlikely that Saudi Arabia will strike a deal with Israel before the US elections

At a time when an agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia has become closer than ever, it is unlikely that the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, will give the US President Donald Trump what could be one of his biggest achievements before the US elections, according to a newspaper quoted. The British Guardian reported three sources close to the Saudi royal court.

President Trump had announced 5 or 6 other countries that could join the normalization treaties with Israel, with a US payment soon.

According to an official in the New York Times, the Saudi crown prince received an invitation to attend the signing ceremony with the UAE, Bahrain and Israel at the White House, an appearance that would have publicly indicated Saudi support for the peace process.

Current and former Saudi officials told the newspaper that they discussed the issue with Prince Mohammed and found that he feared normalization with Israel would not gain good acceptance among conservatives in Saudi society and could be used by his opponents to undermine it.

But King Salman may also be an additional obstacle, according to the Wall Street Journal, which confirmed the existence of an intense debate among members of the Saudi ruling family about concluding a peace agreement with Israel, after Gulf states such as the UAE and Bahrain took this step.

A dispute in the Saudi palace over normalization with Israel. An American newspaper reveals the details

Following the conclusion of the UAE-Israeli peace agreement, “King Salman is angry,” according to the newspaper’s description, the Saudi Foreign Minister affirming Saudi Arabia’s commitment to establishing a Palestinian state, without referring to the recent peace agreement.

The Wall Street Journal said that there is a dispute between King Salman and his son Muhammad, about rapprochement with Israel, and Saudi experts believe that the king will not allow normalization with Israel before an Israeli agreement with the Palestinians, but the Israeli-Saudi rapprochement could accelerate if King Salman dies.

An Israeli official also emphasized that if the administration succeeded in resolving the Gulf crisis and pulling Qatar out of its isolation, it could recognize relations with Israel.

Sudan

The sources of the New York Times indicated that the reason for the faltering negotiations between Israel and Sudan is the disagreement over the amount of financial incentives promised to Sudan in exchange for recognition of Israel.

The officials said that the US administration linked recognition of Israel to removing Sudan from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism, which is a long-standing Sudanese demand, but officials and analysts warned that the recognition could destabilize the fragile transitional government in the country.

The Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok announced Saturday that his country does not want to link its removal from the US list of countries sponsoring terrorism to the normalization of relations with Israel.

According to Reuters, US officials asked Khartoum, in the talks that took place last week in Abu Dhabi, to emulate the model of the UAE and Bahrain and establish relations with Israel, but according to statements by Israeli officials to the New York Times, the reason for the failure of the talks is the lack of agreement on the size of the aid package that will be provided to Sudan.

A Sudanese official said that his country had received an American offer of an aid package estimated at 800 million dollars in the form of direct aid and investments from the UAE and the United States. However, the Sudanese delegation responded that it needed at least four times this amount, equivalent to 3 to 4 billion dollars. , To make an impact in the worsening economic crisis in their country.

Sudanese officials are divided over the benefits of recognizing Israel, and some have warned against the reaction of the street, but senior officials, some of them from the army, believe that normalization with Israel helps raise Sudan’s name from the lists of terrorism.