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Hill Dems skeptical of Saudi-Israel normalization, despite Biden admin’s interest in a deal 

Saudi demands for advanced weapons sales and U.S. assistance with its nuclear program could prove difficult among key Democrats on Capitol Hill

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President Joe Biden (C-L) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) arrive for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022.

Achieving a peace deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia  — the brass ring of Arab-Israeli normalization with the potential to radically change the shape of the Middle East — is potentially achievable in the short term, analysts say, but myriad obstacles...

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