Axios: Senior security officials from 4 Arab countries hold a secret meeting in Saudi Arabia to coordinate plans for the day after the war in Gaza
Senior national security officials from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and Palestine met secretly in Riyadh 10 days ago to coordinate plans for the day after the war in Gaza and discuss ways to involve the Palestinian Authority in governance.
Axios website, revealed that the meeting in Riyadh was hosted by the Saudi National Security Advisor, Musaed bin Muhammad al Aiban, indicating that the other participants were the Director of Palestinian Authority General Intelligence, Egyptian Intelligence director, and Jordanian Intelligence director.
According to Axios, who quoted a familiar sources, a US and Israeli officials were briefed on the meeting and its contents by some of the participants, indicating that the heads of the Saudi, Egyptian, and Jordanian security services informed that the Palestinian Authority needs to make serious reforms that will enable it to revitalize its political leadership.
One of the requests they made was that if a new Palestinian government was formed, the new prime minister would gain some powers that had been centralized in recent years under Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
One source said that the Saudis, Egyptians and Jordanians stressed that these reforms are necessary for the Palestinian Authority to return to ruling Gaza after a post-war transitional period.
The Saudi National Security Advisor said during the meeting that the Kingdom is still interested in moving forward with normalization with Israel in exchange for practical and irrevocable steps on the part of Israel that would pave the way towards the establishment of a Palestinian state, even if this state isn’t established immediately.
