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US senator urges Israel-Saudi normalisation before end of year
8 October 2024 14:23 BST
US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Tuesday called for the normalisation of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel by the end of 2024, which he said could muster enough Senate votes to endorse a defence treaty with Riyadh to support the decision.
"We can get you a treaty through the Senate between the United States and Saudi Arabia, a defence agreement like you have in Japan and Australia, if you do it on President Biden's watch," Graham told reporters in Jerusalem.
"The next president will have a very difficult time getting 67 votes," he said, referring to the two-thirds majority needed in the US Senate for approving a defence treaty.