Trump Ties Saudi Nuclear Deal to Israel Normalization Condition

The White House has formally submitted a proposed US-Saudi civil nuclear agreement to Congress, which would let American firms build AP1000 reactors in the kingdom and eventually permit uranium enrichment on Saudi soil. Trump has kept intact a condition that the deal only proceeds if Saudi Arabia joins the Abraham Accords by normalizing relations with Israel, a step Riyadh has resisted since the Gaza war absent a path to Palestinian statehood. The impasse illustrates how Israel's relations with its Arab neighbours remain unresolved even as Western nuclear cooperation advances, while a nuclear-capable Saudi Arabia would also raise the stakes of Iran's regional rivalry.