After announcing on Thursday a historic normalization deal between Israel and Morocco, Israeli officials believe that the Sultanate of Oman will be the next country to formalize ties with the Jewish state, Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot reported on Sunday.
If a deal with Muscat is reached, it would be the fifth Muslim-majority nation to establish diplomatic relations with Israel over the last four months, after the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.
For his part, White House senior adviser and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, said that the ultimate prize of getting Saudi Arabia to establish public ties with the Jewish state was only “a matter of time.”
Officials in Jerusalem, quoted by Yediot, said the Saudis could announce a normalization deal with Israel before President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 20.
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{Matzav.com}
