Saudi-Israeli Peace Deal Appears Likely, Bahrain Official Says

(Bloomberg) -- A peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel is “probably not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when,” said Shaikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s ambassador to the US.

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“It seems like the moral compass is pointing towards peace,” he said at the American Energy Security Summit in Oklahoma City on Monday.

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