{"id":90465,"date":"2026-07-24T04:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-saudi-nuclear-deal-stokes-israeli-concerns-of-mideast-arms-race\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T04:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:46:13","slug":"u-s-saudi-nuclear-deal-stokes-israeli-concerns-of-mideast-arms-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-saudi-nuclear-deal-stokes-israeli-concerns-of-mideast-arms-race\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Stokes Israeli Concerns of Mideast Arms Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-155wybs-print\">\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">The announcement of a U.S. agreement with Saudi Arabia to develop a civilian nuclear program has raised Israeli concerns that it could lead to a regional arms race and underscored how the U.S. is charting its own path in the region, independent of Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">The agreement, signed on Wednesday, could enable Saudi Arabia to enrich its own fuel for nuclear reactors. It took many by surprise in Israel, which has a <a class=\"css-bhdv0x-linkClass\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/17\/world\/middleeast\/israel-nuclear-weapons.html\" title=\"\">secretive nuclear weapons program<\/a>, as well as a publicly acknowledged nuclear research reactor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">While Saudi Arabia has <a class=\"css-bhdv0x-linkClass\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/22\/world\/middleeast\/us-saudi-arabia-nuclear-deal.html\" title=\"\">long lobbied for access to U.S. nuclear technology<\/a>, the Biden administration had conditioned that in part on Riyadh agreeing to open diplomatic relations with Israel, one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s central goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">Instead, President Trump is now forging a deal with Saudi Arabia that appears to sidestep Israel entirely. Analysts say it could also embolden other countries \u2014 like Turkey, which has been increasingly at odds with Israel \u2014 to develop their own nuclear enrichment programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-155wybs-print\">\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">Israeli opposition figures and former officials said it was the latest sign of how their country\u2019s stature in Washington had eroded. Mr. Netanyahu lobbied Mr. Trump hard to launch a war together against Iran, which has been unpopular in the United States. Mr. Trump has called Mr. Netanyahu <a class=\"css-bhdv0x-linkClass\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/03\/world\/middleeast\/trump-iran-ayatollah-netanyahu.html\" title=\"\">\u201ccrazy\u201d<\/a> for his aggressive pursuit of the related war in Lebanon against Iran\u2019s ally, Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">The president cut the Israeli leader out of talks with Iran to end the war that began in late February. He also <a class=\"css-bhdv0x-linkClass\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/06\/08\/world\/iran-israel-lebanon-attacks\" title=\"\">persuaded Mr. Netanyahu to curb retaliation<\/a> for a major Iranian attack last month, fearing it could derail peace talks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">The Trump administration is increasingly signaling that \u201cthey will move ahead, regardless of whether Israel\u2019s red line clashes with their own,\u201d said Avishay Ben Sasson-Gordis, an expert on U.S.-Israeli relations at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu did not immediately comment on the U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal. At least one Israeli government minister sought to soothe public concern, arguing that the country could live with a Saudi nuclear program for civilian purposes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">\u201cIf they want it for peaceful purposes, for energy needs, we can manage it,\u201d said Nir Barkat, Israel\u2019s minister of economy, the most senior government official to comment on the issue so far, in a radio interview on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-155wybs-print\">\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">He added that normalizing ties with Saudi Arabia was \u201cstill on the table,\u201d and that Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Trump would not make moves that would imperil Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">Israel has enjoyed a de facto monopoly on nuclear weapons in the region for years, although it has never publicly admitted owning a bomb. Iran, Israel\u2019s archrival in the region, has a nuclear program that Israel and the United States have long viewed as a grave national security threat, paving the way for the ongoing war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">Israeli opposition leaders quickly denounced the U.S.-Saudi deal as a threat. Naftali Bennett, a former prime minister, said that \u201cenriching nuclear material on Saudi territory could prompt a nuclear race in the region, leading to a total breakdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">\u201cEvery military nuclear program begins with a civilian one,\u201d said Avigdor Lieberman, a former Israeli defense minister, calling for Israel to lobby Congress to strike down the agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">A previous U.S. nuclear deal, with the United Arab Emirates, imposed tightened inspections and did not allow the Emiratis to enrich their own uranium, severely limiting their path to a bomb. The deal with Riyadh appears to be different, potentially allowing Saudi Arabia to enrich its own fuel, U.S. officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-155wybs-print\">\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">Israeli analysts argue the Emirates might seek to revise the terms of its agreement if neighboring Saudi Arabia could enrich. Turkey, which has become one of Israel\u2019s main regional competitors, could make a similar demand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">For Israel, much depends on whether the agreement includes safeguards that could prevent Saudi Arabia from using its nuclear capabilities for military purposes, said Michael Herzog, who served as Israel\u2019s ambassador to Washington during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">\u201cThe fact that it\u2019s not tied to normalization, nor is it clear what guardrails are in place to prevent Saudi Arabia from breaking out to a military program \u2014 both of these are sources of concern in Israel,\u201d said Mr. Herzog, now a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">But Israel had little room to clash head-on with the Trump administration, its most important ally, on the issue, he added. The war the two countries started in February is still unresolved, alongside conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">As part of the nuclear deal envisioned by the Biden administration, the United States would have entered a formal defense treaty with Saudi Arabia. U.S. officials had also sought Israeli concessions to the Palestinians, albeit far short of an independent state, in return for normalization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-155wybs-print\">\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">Those hopes receded after the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent war in Gaza. The political mood in Israel soured on granting any accommodations to the Palestinians, while the devastating Israeli campaign in Gaza prompted heavy criticism in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-aa8b97-Paragraph-baseStyles-paragraphTreatmentStyles-print evys1bk0\">\u201cA nuclear deal with the U.S. was supposed to be one of the largest carrots\u201d for Saudi Arabia to open ties with Israel, said Michael Koplow, a political analyst at the Israel Policy Forum, a research institute in New York. As Israel sees it, \u201cnow Trump has given it to them for free,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-14kxg5b-Label-labelTreatmentStyles-print etfikam0\">Heedo Abu Laban<!-- --> contributed reporting from Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/22\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-nuclear-deal-israel.html\">Source link 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