Trump Sends Saudi Nuclear Deal to Congress as Riyadh Rejects Israel Condition
Trump has formally sent the landmark U.S.-Saudi civilian nuclear agreement to Congress, even as Riyadh reiterated Thursday that it will not normalize relations with Israel without an independent Palestinian state, a condition Trump says must be met before the nuclear deal can take effect. The submission starts a 90-legislative-day congressional review of the 30-year agreement, which would allow U.S.
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- Fact 1: The submission starts a 90-legislative-day congressional review of the 30-year agreement, which would allow U.S.
- Fact 2: A Saudi-Israeli agreement appeared increasingly possible in 2023 before the October 7 Hamas attack and the Gaza war derailed negotiations.
- Fact 3: That provision is quite different from Washington’s 2009 nuclear agreement with the UAE, which prohibits domestic uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing.
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Trump has formally sent the landmark U.S.-Saudi civilian nuclear agreement to Congress, even as Riyadh reiterated Thursday that it will not normalize relations with Israel without an independent Palestinian state, a condition Trump says must be met before the nuclear deal can take effect. The submission starts a 90-legislative-day congressional review of the 30-year agreement, which would allow U.S.
companies to export civilian nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia. Congress can reject the agreement during that period; Trump could veto a resolution of disapproval, requiring two-thirds majorities in both chambers to override him. Riyadh has long made Palestinian statehood a prerequisite for diplomatic relations with Israel.
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