US & Saudi Arabia: Unexpected Ties & Abraham Accords Explained!

[00:00:00]Bill Clinton would tie the peace knot between Israel and Jordan as well as the Palestinian Authority.

[00:00:07]The Trump administration would make formal ties between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan under the Abraham Accords.

[00:00:16]It's worth keeping in mind that in the aftermath of the aforementioned OPEC crisis during the 1970s, the US started to get quite friendly with Saudi Arabia despite their differences.

[00:00:26]To this day, Saudi Arabia, surprisingly enough, while not having formal relations with Israel, has actually fairly friendly ties with Israel in spite of the Palestinian issue.