Iran wanted Saudi Arabia to drop Israel -- but failed miserably

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : If constructed, this route would likely overshadow China's flagship Belt and Road Initiative, which goes through Iran.
55% : "For Tehran, the Saudi reference to peace is intolerable because Israel's existence is intolerable.Hamas' charter likewise states the group's goal is to "liberate Palestine, from River Jordan in the east to the Mediterranean in the west.
50% : "We will consider BRICS' invitation to join the bloc and decide accordingly," said Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan.Saudi Arabia has yet to join anti-Western coalitions, even if Riyadh acts nice around them.
46% : Similarly, Saudi Arabia might seem on the same page with Iran and Hamas, but in reality, the kingdom is still on the Western side and seeking a military treaty with America and normalization of relations with Israel.
41% : Saudi Arabia was well into normalization talks with Israel, thus prompting Iran, per a Wall Street Journal report the White House disputes, to instruct Hamas to turn the table and start war, which so far seems to have put Arab-Israeli peace efforts on hold but without killing them -- at least this is how America and European powers understand the situation.
41% : When Tehran first restored its ties with Riyadh, the Iranians seemed to have been under the impression that Saudi Arabia had switched sides, abandoning America and the West and joining the Russia-China-Iran axis.
38% : "Despite restoring diplomatic ties with the Saudis in April, Iran may have instigated Hamas to launch its Oct. 7 attack on Israel because it feared the progress of Saudi-Israeli normalization talks.

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