Meetings part of tacit effort to rally support for deal, keeping lawmakers in the loop regarding negotiations

In wake of WSJ report that US, Riyadh have agreed on broad terms, source tells Channel 13 that US wants to wrap up a deal by next March, but there is no firm framework

Two lawmakers say timing not right to add Israel to Visa Waiver Program or to broker a Saudi normalization deal, actions that will bolster PM's far-right government

WSJ reports that US, Riyadh have agreed on broad terms, hope to finalize details in 9-12 months, though odds low due to joint demand that Israel make major gestures to Palestinians

In farewell interview, ambassador to Palestinians laments Abbas's failure to hold elections, suggests mail-in ballot as solution to Israeli opposition to voting in East Jerusalem

President tells 2024 campaign contributors there's a 'rapprochement maybe under way' after top White House officials dispatched to kingdom for talks

NYT says Israel would likely be expected to commit to never annex West Bank, cease building new settlements and legalizing outposts, and transfer parts of Area C to Palestinians

Insistent that no settlements will be evacuated under any peace deal, Netanyahu tells US podcaster Palestinians will have 'transportation contiguity, not territorial contiguity'

EUBAM unit was deployed to border crossing in preparation for Palestinian independence, but two-state vision is increasingly losing out to notion of a single, shared entity

Cabinet decision with immediate effect also dramatically expedites approval process for construction at settlements, scraps requirement for okay from defense minister or cabinet