News sources announced that more Israeli businessmen would travel to Saudi Arabia and announced the secret normalization of Tel Aviv and Riyadh in the field of economy.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency International Group, Israeli media reported on Tuesday the unannounced economic normalization between Riyadh and Tel Aviv, through delegations of Israeli businessmen holding dual “American-Israeli” citizenship.
Zionist Radio announced yesterday that a delegation of Israeli-American businessmen is scheduled to take a direct flight to Riyadh, departing from Ben Gurion Airport in Israel.
According to Al-Khaleej Al-Jadeed, at the same time as this news was reported, many media outlets were talking about Israel’s request to Saudi Arabia to press for normalization of relations in exchange for Tel Aviv’s agreement with Riyadh on the Sanafir and Tiran islands.
In the midst of trilateral contacts through the United States and Egypt, Saudi Arabia called for a moratorium on international surveillance forces in the Tiran and Sanafir islands after the return of the two islands to Saudi rule by Egyptian decision.
The publication of the businessmen’s trip comes after the Israel Hume newspaper recently reported on US mediation to resolve the Tiran and Sanafir islands.
In this regard, the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz announced that Saudi Arabia has made a direct request to Israel since 2017 to redeploy international forces to the Tiran and Sanafir islands, and Israel’s approach has been positive, but the US government has blocked it.
According to reports, quoting a source who spoke to Haaretz, the US government has boycotted the Saudi Crown Prince and prevented public steps to be taken to normalize relations between Tel Aviv and Riyadh.
According to the source, US President Joe Biden has recently changed his position on Saudi Arabia, especially after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
This Zionist source emphasized: The United States hopes to improve relations with Riyadh through mediation by Saudi Arabia and Israel on the security arrangements of international observers on the two islands. If Saudi Arabia and Israel can manage this case without intermediaries, it is because the relations between them are good and there is important cooperation between them.
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The Israeli economic newspaper Globes recently wrote in a report: Dozens of Israeli businessmen have visited Saudi Arabia and traded in recent years.
According to the economic newspaper, Saudi Arabia has been allowing Israeli businessmen to enter the country with Israeli passports for months.
The report revealed that Israeli businessmen have entered into major transactions in Saudi Arabia through special visas, and there is an advanced connection for investment from Saudi businessmen and investment funds in Israel.
An unnamed Israeli source was quoted in the report as saying that there have been indirect relations with Saudi Arabia for more than 20 years, but the improvement in these relations has been unprecedented in recent months.
The source admitted that these relationships take place behind the scenes and through Israeli companies that are officially registered in European countries or other countries.
The report emphasizes that dozens of Israeli businessmen took advantage of the lifting of the official ban on entry to Saudi Arabia with Israeli passports and visited Riyadh and other places, including the city of Naum, which is being built on the shores of the Red Sea, where former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met two years ago and met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the presence of then-US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
These business trips and visits by Israeli businessmen have led to many deals and deals, including two recent multimillion-dollar deals in the field of agriculture.
According to the Zionist newspaper, an Israeli businessman has admitted: “Apart from direct diplomatic relations as well as direct bank transfers, we have everything that countries need to establish direct trade relations, sign treaties and transfer goods and expertise.”
In connection with the visit of Israeli businessmen, the “Globes” newspaper revealed that several agreements have been concluded, two of which were in the field of agriculture and the other in the field of technology.
Zionist media have previously reported that Saudi Arabia has invested money in Israel through a fund affiliated with Jared Kouchner, the son-in-law of former US President Donald Trump, who was also a White House adviser.
According to the Kouchner Fund, the fund will soon invest millions of dollars in start-up Israeli companies, and it has been agreed that Saudi Arabia can invest in Israel.