Israel's public broadcaster says recent phone calls also touched on Riyadh's concerns over new US administration's focus on alleged Saudi rights violations

JISS fellows pen analysis of Erdogan's private militias, based on joint research with UAE think tank

Participating under Belgian, US flags, some team members reportedly entered kingdom on Israeli passports, despite official ban on travelers from the Jewish state

Defense officials reportedly fear new US administration will clamp down on abuses by Saudi Arabia, Egypt and UAE, imperiling Israel's improved ties with them and strengthening Iran

While admitting that deal unlikely before Trump leaves office, senior US official says Gulf detente does remove an obstacle; analysts assert the two issues are unrelated

PM doesn’t specify which countries he visited, following trip in November to Saudi Arabia for meeting with crown prince

Israel has lobbied on behalf of countries willing to establish ties, and others hoping for the same kind of muscle on the Hill are likely taking notice

Reports say Riyadh edging toward own deal with Israel and is pushing other Muslim countries to establish ties with Jerusalem; Indonesia, Oman tipped as likely candidates

Turki bin Faisal was the public face of Riyadh's covert rapprochement with Jerusalem, so why did he launch a harangue against normalization?

Turki al-Faisal also says Israel 'assassinates who it wants to,' built 'apartheid wall,' and denies equal rights to its non-Jewish citizens; FM Ashkenazi slams false accusations