A big question on a lot of people’s minds as the war between Hamas and Israel goes on is whether or not Israel and Saudi Arabia will continue to talk about normalizing their relationship. Saudi Arabia and Israel had taken significant steps towards recognizing each other in recent weeks. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East Correspondent for the Economist, about whether or not the Hamas attack on Israel was intended to thwart the normalization process and what’s next.
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