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Trump, Mohammed bin Salman lead the Middle East’s new AI axis

Analysis: As Washington and Riyadh advance AI-driven strategic partnership, emerging Middle East tech corridor reshapes regional power and energy networks, with Israel weighing its role in rapidly evolving supply chain and political landscape

Dr. Kobby Barda | 11.22.25

Bin Salman against the backdrop of the vision of the city of Neom, and an F-35 aircraft

Saudi tech and nuclear gains: Mohammed bin Salman is recasting Saudi Arabia as a regional power

Mohammed bin Salman returned from meeting Trump with major deals, as attention to F-35s overshadowed significant advances in technology and civilian nuclear development; as Riyadh pushes toward its Vision 2030 goals and sheds its hardline image, it is also deepening its involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Lior Ben Ari | 11.22.25

The ‘American Balfour Declaration’: What the new US 'pathway' to a Palestinian state really means

Israel calls it nonbinding, Hamas condemns it, and the Palestinian Authority seizes the opening; experts say Trump’s plan is not expected to advance under a Republican administration, but could serve as a legal anchor for a future Democratic one

Ron Crissy | 11.21.25

Israel expects to keep regional military edge despite planned sale of F-35s to Saudi

Government spokesperson says US commitment to Israel’s military superiority remains firm as Washington moves to sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia; officials stress Israel’s version of the stealth jet will retain advanced capabilities not included in Riyadh’s fleet

Reuters | 11.20.25

US F-35s for Saudi Arabia to omit Israel’s advanced capabilities to preserve its regional edge

US officials say F-35s approved for Saudi Arabia will be less advanced than Israel’s jets to preserve Israel’s superiority, as Congress prepares for a QME review and Israeli leaders warn the sale could erode their air dominance

Reuters | 11.20.25

Palestinian state within five years: Saudi crown prince presses US for binding guarantee

After meeting President Donald Trump in Washington, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the United States must guarantee negotiations for a Palestinian state within five years; he also stressed that no Muslim troops will join any international force in Gaza

Nahum Barnea | 11.20.25

Trump pivots, and Saudi Arabia receives F-35 without normalization: 'We succeeded in separating the issues'

Bin Salman left the White House with a promise to receive the advanced stealth jets from Washington without any real news regarding normalization with Israel; Trump made progress where he could, and Riyadh is proud that they managed to separate the two issues that until now were dependent on each other; The concern in Israel, and the status the kingdom received, alongside a civil nuclear partnership agreement

News Agencies | 11.19.25

Trump: 'Saudi Arabia will receive F-35, Israel will be happy'

Trump welcomed the Saudi crown prince with royal honors; focus of the visit: the sale of F-35 aircraft, normalization of relations with Israel, and huge investments by Saudi Arabia in the United States; Bin Salman said Saudi Arabia wants to join the Abraham Accords, but it 'wants to ensure a path to a Palestinian state' too

ynet | 11.18.25

This is what Israel must demand as compensation for a US F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia

Analysis: Saudi Arabia’s proposed F-35 purchase would end Israel’s exclusive regional access to the jet, weakening a core security advantage even though Riyadh would receive standard model without Israel’s enhanced sensors, electronic warfare systems

Yossi Yehoshua | 11.18.25

נשיא ארה"ב דונלד טראמפ עם יורש העצר מוחמד בן סלמאן בסעודיה

Not just F-35s: Saudis set for major US defense ‘shopping spree’ during MBS visit

Trump hopes to cash in on a $600 billion Saudi investment pledge made during his visit to the kingdom in May; senior White House official said that US-Saudi deals on technology, manufacturing, defense and more are expected

Reuters | 11.18.25

Report: IDF warns Saudi F-35 sale could erode Israel’s air superiority

Air Force officials stressed that the F-35’s advanced detection, data-processing and networked systems give Israel an edge unmatched by any other country in the region

Yoav Zitun | 11.18.25

Trump says US will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia

Sale would mark a significant policy shift, potentially altering the military balance in the Middle East and testing Washington's definition of maintaining Israel's 'qualitative military edge'

Reuters, ynet | 11.17.25

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas

‘Cell is ready for Abbas’: Ben-Gvir urges arrests if UN advances Palestinian statehood plan

Police minister calls on Netanyahu to 'order targeted killings of senior PA officials' and jail Palestinian leader if UN plan moves forward, accusing Ramallah of glorifying terrorism and inciting violence

Moran Azulay | 11.17.25

Saudi Arabia's path to the big deal, and the fear that 'motivation for normalization will decrease'

Former National Security Council official Yoel Guzansky does not outright rule out the sale of advanced aircraft to Riyadh, but emphasizes: 'We need to act to suspend the deal, otherwise the Saudis will lose motivation to advance relations with Israel'; At the same time, the media in Riyadh is presenting bin Salman's visit to the White House as a 'historic move'

Gal Ganot, Lior Ben Ari | 11.16.25

Benefits of normalization outweigh risks of selling F-35s to the Saudis

Opinion: Selling the fighter jets to the kingdom could erode the IDF's qualitative air superiority, but the profit inherent in a diplomatic move justifies the risk; The myriad of restrictions and barriers that the US imposes on arms deals to the Middle East are supposed to ensure that the Saudis will have difficulty operating the F-35 against Israel

Ron Ben-Yishai | 11.16.25

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