Palestinian officials welcomed the first Saudi Arabian ambassador on Saturday , they said, in a show of support even as the Gulf kingdom is considering the prospect of establishing formal diplomatic relations with Israel
Saudi Arabia, Islam's birthplace, has championed the Palestinian cause and shunned official ties with Israel but the US is seeking to promote what could be a historic Middle East deal that would include normalising Israeli-Saudi relations.
The move was "an important step that will contribute to further strengthening the strong brotherly relations that bind the two countries and the two brotherly peoples," al-Khalidi said, according to Wafa.