Saudi Arabia must recognise Israel for nuclear deal, says Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The US has long seen the normalisation of ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel as one of its great diplomatic goals, given the power and influence the oil-rich nation has in the region.
49% : He also said that the Gulf kingdom must formally recognise the State of Israel.
46% : That fuelled anger in Israel, which immediately saw the deal as having the potential to fuel a race to secure nuclear weapons across the Middle East -- even though the agreement is focused on nuclear energy.
43% : Donald Trump is insisting the US deal allowing Saudi Arabia to develop a nuclear energy industry has one major condition -- the Arab kingdom must formally recognise the State of Israel.
35% : Israel has its own highly secretive nuclear industry, although it has not publicly acknowledged having nuclear weapons.
32% : It has previously said it would only recognise Israel if Israel in turn recognised a Palestinian state -- something the Netanyahu Government has refused to do.
25% : The Biden administration seemed to come close to achieving that, before the war in Gaza erupted and Saudi Arabia took a far harder stance against Israel.

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