{"id":1500809,"date":"2024-11-06T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1500809"},"modified":"2024-11-06T20:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T01:45:00","slug":"biden-still-seeks-bilateral-deal-with-saudis-before-trump-enters-oval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/biden-still-seeks-bilateral-deal-with-saudis-before-trump-enters-oval\/1500809\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Still Seeks Bilateral Deal With Saudis Before Trump Enters Oval"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biden Still Seeks Bilateral Deal With Saudis Before Trump Enters Oval<\/span><\/p>\n

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Via The Libertarian Institute<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Before President Joe Biden leaves office in January, he will seek to sign a bilateral security agreement with Saudi Arabia, according to a new report. The deal comes after the Biden administration failed to ink a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Barak Ravid of\u00a0Axios\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday that “the US and Saudi Arabia are discussing a possible security agreement that wouldn\u2019t <\/strong>involve a broader deal with Israel.”<\/p>\n

Via CNN<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

“The agreement wouldn’t be the full defense treaty the U.S. and Saudi Arabia were discussing but Saudi Crown Prince\u00a0Mohammed Bin Salman\u00a0(MBS) and the White House still want to reach a security agreement before President Biden leaves office<\/strong> in January,” the report continues.<\/p>\n

As a candidate, Biden ran on a platform of holding the Gulf Kingdom responsible for the killing of\u00a0Washington Post\u00a0journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the Saudi slaughter in Yemen that claimed\u00a0around 400,000 lives<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While the Biden administration announced some restrictions on weapon sales to Saudi Arabia, which were later lifted, top US officials sought to expand the Donald Trump-era Abraham Accords with Riyadh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Accords are a series of agreements where the US promised arms and other benefits to Muslim nations that normalized their relationship with Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prior to the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and Tel Aviv\u2019s onslaught in Gaza, Washington was\u00a0nearing a pact<\/a>\u00a0with Tel Aviv and Riyadh that would see Saudi Arabia receive weapons, a mutual defense treaty, and nuclear technology from the US<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Israeli genocide against Gaza has made any deal impossible. Over the past year, the White House has sought to expand the Israel-Saudi normalization pact to include the rebuilding of Gaza.<\/p>\n

However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has\u00a0refused any ceasefire in Gaza<\/a>, scuttling the changes of any deal with the Kingdom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear why the Biden administration would seek to strengthen bilateral security ties with Riyadh with the president\u2019s short time left in office<\/strong>. Saudi Arabia has an abysmal human rights record.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Donald #Trump<\/a>, who has emerged triumphant in the US presidential election, is likely to \u201cdouble down\u201d on the Abraham Accords, and \u201cwill probably continue to support #Netanyahu<\/a> in his fights in #Gaza<\/a> and in #Lebanon<\/a> and probably in #Syria<\/a> without allowing him to go into a\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/LfTlPh5mPl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

While Biden has been so far unable to get a deal done between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Beijing was able to broker an agreement between Tehran and Riyadh. Recently, the Saudi and Iranian military conducted bilateral drills in the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 11\/06\/2024 – 15:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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