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Coverage dated October 20, 2023

Biden says Hamas attacked Israel in part to stop a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia

Headline from NBC10 Philadelphia

President Joe Biden says he thinks Hamas was motivated to attack Israel in part by a desire to stop that country from normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia.

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  1. New York Post

    Biden claims Hamas attacked Israel to stop Saudi Arabia from recognizing the Jewish state (opens New York Post)

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    “Because the Saudis wanted to recognize Israel and that would in fact unite the Middle East,” Biden added.

  2. Politico

    Biden says Hamas attacks aimed to halt Israel-Saudi Arabia agreement (opens Politico)

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    The normalization push began under former President Donald Trump’s administration and was branded as the Abraham Accords.

  3. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Biden says Hamas attacked Israel in part to stop a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    President Joe Biden says he thinks Hamas was motivated to attack Israel in part by a desire to stop that country from normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia.

  4. Fortune

    Biden on Hamas attack: 'They knew I was about to sit down with the Saudis' (opens Fortune)

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    “Guess what?" the president said at a campaign fundraiser. "The Saudis wanted to recognize Israel” and were close to actually doing it.

  5. Washington Times

    Biden: Hamas attacked Israel in part to stop a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia (opens Washington Times)

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    President Joe Biden said Friday he thought Hamas was motivated to attack Israel in part by a desire to stop that country from normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia.

  6. Wall Street Journal

    Biden Says Hamas's Attack on Israel Motivated by U.S. Push to Normalize Relations With Saudi Arabia (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    President Biden told donors Friday that his efforts to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia are part of the reason Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israel. “One of the reasons why they acted like they did…why Hamas moved on Israel…because they knew I was about to sit down with the S

  7. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Biden: Hamas attacked Israel to stop normalization with Saudi Arabia (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    Jerusalem and Riyadh had been steadily inching closer to normalization, with Biden working to help bring the two countries together.

  8. Al Jazeera

    Biden says Hamas attack on Israel aimed at disrupting Israel-Saudi thaw (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Saudi officials reportedly paused normalisation talks with Israel following Palestinian group’s October 7 attacks.

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