Netanyahu must now work for support of US as Trump tires of Israel’s war in Gaza
Days after the Houthi ceasefire deal, news leaked that the Trump administration had dropped a Biden-era demand that linked progress on a Saudi Arabian civilian nuclear programme to normalising relations with Israel
Saudi Arabia has ruled out normalisation while Israel is at war in Gaza Trump’s move made clear he doesn’t want his hands to be tied as he heads to Riyadh later this week to seal billions of dollars in expected deals
Trump's first trip to the region since returning to the White House will also include visits to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates but not Israel That conspicuous absence from the presidential itinerary would have been unthinkable in recent decades
