US Senator Graham urges Israel-Saudi normalisation before year end

He warned that the next US administration is unlikely to be able to secure enough votes to support the deal. “We can get you a treaty through the Senate between the United States and Saudi Arabia, a defence agreement like you have in Japan and Australia, if you do it on President Biden’s watch,” Graham, who is seen as close to Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, told reporters in Jerusalem. “The next president will have a very difficult time getting 67 votes,” he said in reference to the two-thirds majority needed in the US Senate for approving a defence treaty (Read more at Middle East Monitor).