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During president Biden visit to Israel, Saudi foreign minister announced that access to Saudi Airspace will be open to all airlines including Israeli. The agreement opening Saudi Air space to all Israeli airliner and the looming deal on enabling direct flight between Israel and Saudi Arabia for Israeli Muslims pilgrimage to the Hajj is indeed a game changer in the region. Israel is now becoming more integrated in the region President Biden and team are working on a road map to set up a process of normalization of relations between Saud Arabia and Israel. Saudi Arabia is still unlikely to join the Abraham accords countries and establish full diplomatic relations with Israel. Nevertheless, the fact that the Saudis have agreed to grant overflights rights to all Israeli airlines and the looming agreement to allow Israeli citizens of Muslim faith to fly directly to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage are clear evidence that Saudi Arabia and Israel are startling gradual process of normalization of ties.
On March 27 and 28 an historic summit took place in Israel with four Arab states in attendance. The summit was game changer as it created the basis for a formal strategic partnership between Israel the UAE Egypt Bahrain and Morocco. In this episode I will address the history of Israel relations with the Arab state and the ramifications of the Negev summit for the Middle East.