Saudi Arabia just rewired the Middle East to dodge Israel - and Netanyahu’s normalisation dreams just slipped further out of reach.
Right, so Saudi Arabia has just done the grown-up version of a snub. Not a speech, not a summit, not a “we remain committed” statement, just a quiet bit of map-redrawing where a route that was being floated through Israel is now being pushed through Syria instead. That tells you exactly what Riyadh wants you to know: Israel doesn’t get to be the default bridge, and the region doesn’t have to route its future through a state that keeps setting fire to its own neighbourhood.
Saudi Arabia and Greece have been talking about a data corridor because the Gulf isn’t just trying to sell oil for ever, it’s trying to sell speed and scale, the kind of digital plumbing that lets you stick AI data centres in the desert and still ship the output straight into Europe. Saudi Telecom matters because this is how that ambition gets bolted to the ground. And if that corridor runs through you, you don’t just get a bit of money, you get to be necessary. That is what Israel was being positioned for, not because anyone loves Israel, but because the “normalisation” fantasy needed Israel to look like a safe, sensible, inevitable option. Saudi pushing Syria instead is Riyadh telling everyone it no longer wants to pretend.
Benjamin Netanyahu has been selling that inevitability for years. He has made a whole political brand out of the idea that Israel can do whatever it wants to Palestinians and still be rewarded with trade, investment, and diplomatic trophies. The specific trophy he has chased hardest is normalisation with Saudi Arabia, because Saudi Arabia is the one that turns “quiet cooperation” into “the region has moved on”. That has been the promise: the occupation remains, the siege remains, the bombings remain, and the prizes still roll in.
Saudi Arabia's latest move, rerouting a key path through Syria instead of Israel, signals a significant shift in the region. This decision, impacting both the "middle east" and broader "geopolitics," sends a clear message about Riyadh's current stance. Stay updated on how these "international relations" develop and what it means for the "latest news" from the region.
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MIDDLE EAST EYE: Exclusive: Riyadh wants to replace Israel with Syria for Greece fibre-optic cable route
THE CRADLE: KSA seeks to replace Israel with Syria in fiber-optic cable project: Report
PPC GROUP: Shareholders’ agreement to set up a joint venture for the “East Med Corridor” project
TURKIYE TODAY: Saudi Arabia eyes Syria route for Greece fiber link
TRADEARABIA: stc lands $800m Syrian telecom infrastructure project contract
AL JAZEERA: Syria and Saudi Arabia sign multibillion-dollar investment deals
ENAB BALADI: Syrian Ministry of Communications launches SilkLink project to develop internet
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