The October 2023 war in Gaza and strategic stability in the relations between Saudi Arabia and the Zionist regime

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Assistant Professor of International Relations at Ahlul Bayt International University

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The October 2023 war in Gaza may be considered an important turning point in the geopolitical changes of West Asia; but this issue does not necessarily mean that the approach of some countries in the region will change due to the change in the situation of the Gaza war. Saudi Arabia is one of the important players in the region that has tried to have a consistent approach regarding the Palestinian issue. On this basis, especially after the Arab-Israeli war in 1973 and the assassination of King Faisal, perhaps the relations between Saudi Arabia and the Israeli regime can be summed up in the concept of "strategic stability". Despite this, the question that is raised now is which variables have led to Riyadh's strategic stability towards the Palestinian issue and the Israeli regime? And another question is whether the Gaza war will be interpreted as a historical turning point in relation to the Israeli regime for the Saudi government, or will it be interpreted as a "transient situation"? The upcoming research tries to understand the concept of strategic stability in the form of variables such as declarative politics and applied economics, stability of the approach of the two states, unwillingness to secure the Palestinian issue, the policy of not spreading the crisis, strategic considerations of the relationship with the United States of America, and hope for the future of relations with The Israeli regime should explain.

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