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The U.S. and Saudi Arabia are “nearing a historic pact” that would offer the Saudis advanced weapons and “security guarantees” and create an opening for possible “diplomatic ties with Israel” if its government commits to a path to Palestinian statehood and stops its war in Gaza, Bloomberg said Wednesday. If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government balks, the Saudis want a “more modest plan B, which excludes the Israelis,” The Guardian said.
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