WASHINGTON (Middle East Eye) – The U.S. is formulating a “roadmap for normalization” between the Zionist regime and Saudi Arabia ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East next month, according to reports by Walla news and Axios.
The White House hopes to have an outline of steps towards normalization before Biden raises the issue during his July visit to the Israeli-occupied territories and Saudi Arabia.
A deal will not be reached before the visit because “the White House’s strategy is one of gradual step-by-step progress”, Walla quoted an unnamed official as saying.
The occupying regime and Saudi Arabia do not share diplomatic relations, but are believed to have behind-the-scenes cooperate.
Former Zionist prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly travelled to the kingdom in 2020 to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS, according to several Israeli media reports at the time.
In recent weeks speculation has swirled over a series of reported meetings between Zionist and Saudi officials over a suggested U.S.-brokered deal to transfer two strategic Red Sea islands from Egypt to Saudi Arabia.
The two islands, Tiran and Sanafir, control the entrance to the strategic Gulf of Aqaba that leads to the ports of Aqaba in Jordan and Eilat in the occupied territories.
The U.S. president had vowed to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” over the kingdom’s human rights record and the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which was reportedly ordered by the crown prince.
Biden apparently seeks to carry on with his predecessor Donald Trump’s so-called Abraham Accords, which led to normalization of ties between the Zionist regime and four Arab countries namely Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, and Sudan.

Zionist Ownership of
Property in Mecca, Medina?

Meanwhile, a report citing Saudi sources has revealed that bin Salman has been secretly pursuing plans to legalize the ownership of property by Zionists in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
According to Saudi Leaks, the unnamed sources said the crown prince has completely opened the door to normalization of relations with the occupying regime by approving Zionist settlers’ ownership of property in the two cities.
Non-Saudis, other than by way of inheritance, do not have the right to ownership, easement, or benefit of real estate situated within the boundaries of Mecca and Medina, home to Islam’s two holiest shrines.
Saudi Leaks said the plan to give Saudi land to Zionists is reminiscent of the tragedy of the occupation of Palestine.
“Among the most dangerous roles MBS (the crown prince) plays is his openness to Zionists, and granting them many privileges such as allowing the presence of a ‘key rabbi in the kingdom,’ the Zionist businessmen’s investments there, the Tiran Agreement, and allowing the occupation regime’s airplanes to desecrate the kingdom’s airspace,” the report stated, citing sources.