[Gen.Blather]

SA is between a rock and fundamentals Islam. SA desperately needs Israel. Relations with Israel gives them an unlockable port for their oil, financing, technology and a strategic oartner against common enemies. On the other side, any recognition of Israel requires every devoute Muslim to destroy them.

[silverleaf]

Fundamentalism is a much bigger threat to the SRF than is Israel
And a major impediment to economic growth and development

Fundamentalism coming both from Iran and its surrogates, and from within
SA

I”m sure they didn’t need Trump to tell them this, only his support to help them develop a pragmatic way to deal with it.

[Biggirl]

Yet there are Muslim shrines in Israel, and the Irael government protects the shrines important to Jews, Christians,and Muslims.

[BeauBo]

"an unlockable port for their oil"

A pipeline through Jordan to and Israeli port, would get around Iran's perennial threat to shut the Straits of Hormuz.

A Strategic benefit.

The old Trans Arabic Pipeline (Tapline) was still there during the Gulf War - I spray painted Some "Kilroy Was Here" graffiti on it, like my Dad liked to recall doing in WWII.

The route is already there, all the way to Israel's Golan Heights, so they would just need about a 50-100 mile right of way to the coast (and refurbish the existing old pipeline). The old Tapline terminated in the Port of Sidon, Lebanon.

According to Wikipedia: "At least one analysis has indicated that the transportation cost of exporting oil via the Tapline through Haifa to Europe would cost as much as 40 percent less than shipping by tanker through the Suez Canal. In early 2005, rehabilitation of the Tapline at an estimated cost of US$100 to US$300 million"