Yair Lapid calls US-Saudi Arabia nuclear deal 'biggest failure' of Israel's foreign policy

Lapid criticized the nuclear agreement signed between the USA and Saudi Arabia in his post on his account on the US-based X social media platform.

Israel's main opposition leader said, "The Trump administration is doing what it sees as appropriate for the interests of the United States, but this agreement will become a symbol of the collapse of Israel's influence in Washington."

Pointing out that the agreement was submitted to the US Congress for approval, Lapid evaluated: "The nuclear agreement between the US and Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest and most dangerous failures of Israeli foreign policy."

Lapid stated that a similar agreement was on the agenda in 2021 and argued that the then Prime Minister Naftali Bennett blocked the agreement in question.

Regarding the agreement reached by the USA and Saudi Arabia, Lapid said:

"The agreement allows an Arab state, which has long been interested in military developments, to enrich uranium on its territory. Israel's request to normalize and expand the Abraham Accords was not mentioned at all."

Describing the agreement as a "political disaster", Lapid said: "Netanyahu's government is once again abandoning Israel's security."

In the statement made by the US Department of Energy on July 23, it was reported that Energy Minister Chris Wright and Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud signed the peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement known as the "123 Agreement" and the accompanying bilateral assurance agreement.