Trump speaks with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at a G20 summit in Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
When US President Donald Trump lands in Riyadh, he will be greeted with opulent ceremonies, gilded palaces and the prospect of $1 trillion in investments. But the war in Gaza has denied him one goal he has long craved: Saudi-Israel normalisation.
Behind the scenes, US officials are quietly pressing Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire in Gaza - one of Saudi Arabia's preconditions for any re-start of normalization talks.
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