Palestinian media: Saudi Crown Prince meets Israeli PM Netanyahu

Saudi Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has initiated phone talks and held meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a Palestinian daily reported.

"Mohammad bin Salman, the Saudi defense minister and deputy crown prince, held phone talks with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, last Thursday," al-Manar reported on Saturday.

"Bin Salman has also held meetings with Netanyahu twice, one of which was in the city of Eilat (in the occupied lands called Israel)," it added.

According to al-Manar, Bin Salman and Netanyahu discussed on phone the relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv, the situation in Syria and Lebanon, security coordination between the two sides and Riyadh's purchase of weapons from Tel Aviv to continue support for the terrorist groups in Syria and attacks against Yemen.

Netanyahu and bin Salman also agreed to prepare the ground for holding a high-ranking Saudi-Israeli meeting in the near future, the Palestinian daily said.

Some regional media had revealed in July that a well-connected retired general, Anwar Eshki, in the Saudi military had traveled to Israel, in the latest indication of a growing link between Tel Aviv and Riyadh which has come to light in recent months.

EA