Israeli outlet: Netanyahu visited Saudi Arabia secretly

Israeli media revealed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

Israeli outlet: Netanyahu visited Saudi Arabia secretly
23 November, 2020   09:24
NEWS DESK

Israel's Channel 12 news said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday, in secret.

The channel quoted the editor of the Israeli newspaper "Haaretz", Avi Scharf, who tweeted on Monday: "Bloggers and journalists spotted a plane that had made a special flight between Tel Aviv and the Saudi city of Neom (a city of rest and recreation) on the Red Sea coast," and added: "The trip returned to Israel." After staying 5 hours in Neom. "

The editor stated that the flight took off at half past seven in Tel Aviv local time, before returning to the same destination within hours.

The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, left the city of Neom in Saudi Arabia, after a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to a tweet written by Pompeo on Twitter.

Pompeo said in a tweet: "A fruitful visit with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Neom, the United States and Saudi Arabia have come a long way from historical relations, since former US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and King Abdulaziz Al Saud laid the basis for our relations 75 years ago."

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