Road to Saudi ties with Israel being paved, cautiously

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia, the most powerful Arab nation and home to Islam’s holiest sites, has made clear that full ties between the kingdom and Israel can only happen when a peace agreement is reached with the Palestinians. Yet state-backed Saudi media and clerics are signaling a change is already underway with Israel — one that can only happen under the directives of the country’s powerful heir to the throne, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The