Saudi minister denies any plans for crown prince to meet Israeli PM - Reuters
There is no meeting planned between Saudi Arabia and Israel," Prince Faisal bin Farhan told Saudi-owned Al Arabiya English website in response to reports that included Israel's daily Haaretz.
"Saudi Arabia's policy has been very clear since the beginning of this conflict. There are no relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and the Kingdom stands firmly behind Palestine."
The two countries' interest in containing Iran have increasingly converged with both viewing Tehran as a main threat, but Saudi Arabia maintains that any relations hinge on Israeli withdrawal from Arab lands captured in the 1967 Middle East war, territory Palestinians seek for a future state.
Netanyahu appeared last month at a White House event where President Donald Trump offered a peace plan that proposed creating a Palestinian state but diverged from a 2002 Saudi initiative.
