Island transfer will promote Saudi-Israeli ties

A US-brokered agreement will transfer two Red Sea islands from Egypt to Saudi Arabia with the acquiescence of Israel

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  • Competing claims
  • Aid for islands?
  • US mediation
  • Advancing normalisation
  • Deal's limitations

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