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Julian Borger in Washington

RARE PHOTOS: Saudis push for plan b that excludes israel from key deal with us - The Real Truth

Man in suit at negotiating table
Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, in Riyadh on Monday. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/AFP/Getty Images

The US and Saudi Arabia have drafted a set of agreements on security and technology-sharing which were intended to be linked to a broader Middle East settlement involving Israel and the Palestinians.

However, in the absence of a ceasefire in Gaza and in the face of adamant resistance from Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government to the creation of a Palestinian state – and its apparent determination to launch an offensive on Rafah – the Saudis are pushing for a more modest plan B, which excludes the Israelis.

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