State Department clarifies Biden comments on Israel-Saudi Arabia talks

U.S. efforts to broker a normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia remain linked to the conclusion of the war in Gaza, despite the omission of that link from President Joe Biden’s latest comments on the matter.

“This is a package deal … it all works together, or it doesn’t really work at all,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Tuesday. “No, we’re not pursuing two separate agreements.”